The Aug. 22 edition of Monday Morning News hits store shelves and restaurant counters Monday morning. This week’s edition is 24-pages of Morinville News and views. This week’s issue contains the following news stories… […]
By Stephen Dafoe
Morinville – Saturday night’s wrestling event at the Morinville Community Cultural Centre proved two things: the new $12 million venue can successfully hold entertainment some would consider less than cultural, and Force Pro Wrestling is a force to be reckoned with. While some may still hold up their nose at the idea of wrestling in a facility designed for more refined concerts, Force Pro can hold their heads high for coming out of the gate with an inaugural show that was not only a truly engaging performance but one that seemed larger than life. For two-and-a-half hours, Morinvillians were treated to six professional wrestling bouts that kept the cheers and cat calls escalating from the opening match through to the headline bout… […]
By MorinvilleNews.com Staff
Edmonton – Public Safety Minister Vic Toews and Alberta’s Solicitor General Frank Oberle announced Friday morning the federal government has agreed to extend RCMP contract services another two decades. The current contract, set to expire in 2012 has been extended to 2032, marking a full century of RCMP policing in the province… […]
By MorinvilleNews.com staff
Edmonton – Alberta’s Minister of Finance, Lloyd Snelgrove, announced Wednesday that higher oil prices and near-record land sales have lowered Alberta’s expected deficit for 2011-2012 to $1.3 billion, a 60 per cent decrease from budget projections released last spring… […]
By Stephen Dafoe
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Morinville – The fourth annual Best Gardens Competition wrapped up Wednesday morning with judges viewing the handiwork of six local gardeners competing in four separate categories. As has been the case in previous years, there was no shortage of horticultural creativity in the front and back yards of Morinville homes despite a growing season that has seemed like more rain than sun… […]
By Morinvillenews.com Staff
Edmonton – A new health care agreement with Alberta Health Services (AHS) will extend funding for 21 continuing care beds at the Kipohtakawkamik Elders’ Lodge in Alexander. AHS staff from Seniors Health and Aboriginal Health joined the Alexander First Nation Chief and citizens for the signing of the agreement… […]
By Stephen Dafoe
Legal – Some residents have decided not to put all their eggs in one basket with respect to next year’s Fête au Village festival, but as far as council is concerned, and with respect to the idea of hosting chicken chariot races in town, it is better to poulet than draw negative attention on the town… […]
By MorinvilleNews.com Staff
Legal – Third reading of a bylaw that would rezone a property on Main Street from commercial to R3 to make way for a proposed 4-plex was unanimously defeated at third reading Monday night. Councillors were unanimous in their desire to see Legal’s commercial properties remain available for commercial purposes… […]
By Stephen Dafoe
Morinville – Mayor Lloyd Bertschi and Barrhead-Morinville-Westlock MLA Ken Kowalski were among the first people to take part in the Tomorrow Project Monday afternoon. The cancer research project is in town this week at Vanier School, looking to collect research data from a wide variety of Albertans between the ages of 35 and 69. The Alberta Health Services (AHS) initiative seeks to enrol 50,000 Albertans who have never had cancer by 2012, people who answer a non-intrusive questionnaire and who undergo some basic tests in the hopes of one day providing the data necessary to prevent if not defeat cancer… […]
By Stephen Dafoe
Barrhead – Ken Kowalski ended speculation Sunday afternoon he may not run in the next provincial election. The Barrhead-Morinville-Westlock MLA and Speaker of the Legislative Assembly told members of his constituency association and the media he would seek the nomination for the Barrhead-Morinville-Westlock PC Association for the next election, whenever that election may be… […]
By MorinvilleNews.com Staff
Alexander – Elections were held at Alexander First Nation Aug. 11 for Chief and six councillors. Chief Herb Arcand replaces Chief Allen Paul. Alexander’s six other members of council will be made up of two incumbent councillors, Bernard Paul and Kurt Burnstick, and newcomers Armand Arcand, Curtis Arcand, Marty Jr. Arcand and Marcel Arcand… […]
My father would often take pieces of bread, break them up in milk, add some sugar, then proceed to eat it. He lived through the depression and the meal is one he would have consumed many times. He continued to eat it on occasion throughout his life even though he could have ate pretty much anything … […]
By Stephen Dafoe
Morinville – It’s 3 p.m. on a Thursday afternoon. The water is motionless at the Morinville Fish and Game Club Pond, but the activity is anything but. A teenage couple sit on the deck of the clubhouse exchanging salient thoughts about social media. Thirty feet away, a senior rests in a lawn chair under a tree, his eye trained on his fishing pole for any movement that might indicate he’s got a bit. On the other side of the pond a couple and their dog also have their lines in the water in the hopes of taking some trout home for dinner. And surrounding the human and animal activity, a woman rides her mountain bike around the trail followed by a newspaper editor with his camera… […]
The Aug. 15 edition of Monday Morning News hits store shelves and restaurant counters Monday morning. This week’s edition is 24-pages of Morinville News and views. This week’s issue contains the following news stories… […]
Photos by Lucie Roy
Morinville – The Centennial Fountain was the target of pranksters over the weekend. Either someone decided to kick it old school by doing their laundry in the park or just thought dumping soap into the fountain was a good … […]
By Stephen Dafoe
Morinville – Councillors got a state-or-the-union address from administration during the Aug. 9 council meeting, a presentation outlining where the community is on finances, building development and bylaw enforcement… […]
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