By Stephen Dafoe
Morinville – Population has grown 26.5 per cent over the past five years according to federal census data released Feb. 8. Morinville’s population is recorded as 8,569 residents in 2011, an increase of 1,794 residents from the 6,775 recorded in the 2006 federal census… […]
By Stephen Dafoe
Morinville – When people think of counterfeit money, they often think about scrutinizing that funny looking $100 bill or getting a bum $20 back in change at a convenience store. What few people may be aware of is counterfeit currency comes in all denominations, right down to that loonie or twoonie in your change dish… […]
By MorinvilleNews.com Staff
Sturgeon County – The County will be pursuing some foreign investment after receiving some federal grant money to do so. Sturgeon County was recently awarded $7,650 from Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada to develop industry sector profiles to promote and sustain direct foreign investment in Sturgeon County… […]
By Stephen Dafoe
Morinville – Back-to-back wins over the weekend propelled the Morinville Jets closer to sitting out the first round of CJHL playoffs this season. The Jets travelled to Fort Saskatchewan Friday night and picked up an 8-1 win over the Hawks. Sunday’s home-ice game against the visiting North Edmonton Red Wings resulted in an 8-5 victory for the Jets… […]
By MorinvilleNews.com Staff
Morinville – Comedian, storyteller, musician and playwright Lorne Elliott brings his one-man show to the Morinville Community Cultural Centre Friday night. Dubbed the King of Canadian Comedy, Elliott is the second comedian to take to the stage in the Centennial concert Series… […]
Mischief to local hair salon
GV’s Hair Salon in Morinville had two of their windows broken with a rock recently. RCMP said the incident took place sometime between Jan. 24 and 25. Entry was not gained… […]
The Feb. 6 issue of Monday Morning News hits store counters and shelves Monday morning. This week’s issue is 32 pages of news, views and things to see and do in Morinville all bundled up into one weekly community magazine. For those unable to get a copy at one of the 50 locations in town, you can download this… […]
Canadian acapella group HOJA members were accompanied by Primeau teacher Matt Loiselle for a few song segments during the group’s performance at Georges H. Primeau School Feb. 3… […]
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Morinville – The MCHS Cheer Team did the school and community proud three times over the weekend.
The team competed at Victoria High School in Edmonton this past Friday night. The already small team of five competed with only four girls, as they had suffered an injury … […]
By Lucie Roy
Morinville – Students at Notre Dame Elementary School are helping a former teacher in her quest to help children thousands of miles away. Former Notre Dame teacher Debbie Martin and her husband Larry will be the first western Canadians to volunteer with the London, Ontario-based Blue House Effect Development Organization of Canada… […]
By Lucie Roy
Morinville – Quilt making has come a long way from sitting before the wood stove and using scraps of material to make a warm blanket. Mary Quaghebeur, Blenda Patterson and Madelain Scantland are three members of the Scrap Happy Quilters Club working on their creations on Wednesday afternoons at the Rendez-Vous Centre. The group meets for five hours each week, from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m., and mixes old and new techniques in their love of quilting… […]
By Lucie Roy
Morinville – The temporary relocation of the Knights of Columbus Community Breakfast from the RC Parish Hall to the Morinville Community Cultural Centre (CCC) has not been kind to the service club’s regular fundraiser. Grand Knight Andy Morin said his group likes to have a minimum of 200 come out for the Sunday morning breakfast, but said the group is not seeing those numbers in the new location… […]
By Lucie Roy
Morinville – Students at Morinville Community High School arrived for second semester Wednesday morning to find they had to walk the gauntlet of staff and teachers waiting to shake their hand… […]
By Stephen Dafoe
I watched a woman drink an entire bottle of wine by herself Monday night. Drink after drink she consumed the alcohol until the bottle was empty. She was still standings, and although her words were not overly slurred or her stride too wobbly, there was a certain cockiness in her that wasn’t there when the bottle was still corked… […]
By Stephen Dafoe
Morinville – The idea of a bunch of rural residents sitting in secluded areas of Sturgeon County with binoculars in hand looking for crooks and criminals is not what Sturgeon Rural Crime watch is all about, at least not entirely. While the group, founded in 1983, still has as its main mission the goal of making Sturgeon County a safer community by increasing and strengthening crime prevention activities, … […]
By Lucie Roy
Morinville – Students and their parents were taken on a learning journey at Notre Dame Elementary School Jan. 26. The evening program, which encompassed the school’s gym, hallway, and one classroom, had students travelling the various locations with a passport, stamped at each stop for an opportunity to win prizes and an opportunity to learn the joys of good books. Approximately 100 parents and students attended the event… […]
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