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Canada Day in the park ready for third year

By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – Red and white will be proudly displayed July 1 when the Morinville Historical and Cultural Society raise the flag in honour of Canada’s 146th birthday. After an absence of many years, the society took on a community Canada Day celebration in Morinville’s centennial year. That celebration grew in 2012, and is schedule to increase again this year… […]

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Gilder and Sweeney Todd rock Morinville [Photos & Video]

Story by Ashley Janes – Photos by Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – The Morinville Community Cultural Centre played host to Nick Gilder and the Sweeney Todd group on Saturday night and if you were lucky, you got yourself a ticket to go. The popular 1970s Canadian glam rock band was the shiny leather headliner for the town’s annual St. Jean Baptiste Festival… […]

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Premier to visit Morinville during St. Jean Baptiste Festival

Morinville – Mayor Paul Krauskopf announced today that Premier Alison Redford will be coming to Morinville for the St. Jean Baptiste Festival. Premier Redford and MLA Maureen Kubinec will be participating in the annual parade this Saturday, June 22… […]

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Vignettes and tableaus provide artistic and historical backdrop to park

Photos by Lucie Roy

Morinville – Visitors to this year’s festival opening ceremonies in St. Jean Baptiste Park will have the opportunity to see six of seven new pieces of art the Morinville Historical and Cultural Society have commissioned for the park.

MHCS executive member Andre Noel said between 1891 and 1899 Father Jean Baptiste Morin brought more than 620 francophone and German families to the area, settlers who settled on First Nation’s traditional land… […]

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Sweeney Todd’s Nick Gilder still loving it

By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – Saturday night’s fireworks will be a fitting backdrop to the evening’s major St. Jean Baptiste Festival concert. Nick Gilder and the Sweeny Todd Group take to the stage of the Morinville Community Cultural Centre June 22 for the second night of high energy festival entertainment. Opening for Gilder and his band are Whiskey Boyz…. […]

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Morinville’s big weekend almost here

By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – Our Community, Our Heritage, Our Pride is the slogan of three days of festivities this weekend. The 2013 St. Jean Baptiste Festival will run June 21 to 23 at the Ray McDonald Sports Centre and other venues in town… […]

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Library ready for summer reading program

By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – Students may still have a few more weeks of having the schoolbooks open, but the Morinville Community Library is already making preparations for vacationing students to keep up with their reading over the summer… […]

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Community Carnival packs in the fun

Photos By Stephen Dafoe and Lucie RoyMorinville – The Morinville Public Elementary School Parent Fundraising Association put on their 2nd Annual Community Carnival Saturday, a three-hour family fun event that allowed the school to give back to the community … […]

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Red Skelton impersonator mixes memories with mirth

By Lucie Roy

Morinville – Alan Greenwood brought his Reflections of Red performance to Heritage Lodge May 21, a one-hour show that included classic Red Skelton characters Freddie the Freeloader, Clem Kadiddlehopper, and the cross-eyed seagulls Gertrude and Heathcliff… […]

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Grant sends Morinville Minstrels on the road

By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – A well-known group of local singers will be boarding the tour bus and setting off down the road June 11 for a four-day tour of lodges and seniors facilities, thanks to a provincial grant… […]

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Edgore launching their first EP

By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – Local metal band Edgore will be taking to the stage at the Morinville Plaza to celebrate their first EP May 25. The band, made up of Esther, David and Gordon LeBel, began in 2011 as a duo called ED. Bassist Gordon LeBel joined a little later adding the Gor in Edgore. The group’s name is an amalgam of band member’s given names… […]

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MCHS Coffee House 2013 packs in the performers

Photos By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville Community High School held their annual coffee house at the Morinville Community Cultural Centre May 15, filling the stage with 17 acts and 27 performers, entertainment that was punctuated by a dessert-filled intermission… […]

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Students experience jazz dance from international experts

Photos By Stephen Dafoe and Lucie Roy

Morinville – Local students had the opportunity to experience jazz dance in two entertaining performances May 13. Calgary-based Decidedly Jazz Danceworks performed The Great Jazz History Mystery in two 45-minute school performances at the Morinville Community Cultural Centre… […]

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Morinville Cartoonist captures life in pencil and ink

By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – There’s a little black book in Bruce Humen’s pocket, a journal wrapped in rubber bands that goes pretty much wherever the man goes. Like the cell phones and tablets many use to record important information and capture life’s moments, Humen’s little black book serves the same purpose – but with his own artistic flair. .. […]

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MCHS presents theatrical trio

Photos By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville Community High School students put on three one-act plays Apr. 30: How To Succeed In High School Without Really Trying, Sorry, Wrong Number, and Rapunzel Uncut. The three student directed plays showed a diversity of styles, but each carried elements of comedy. Students spent the past three months working on the plays. Below are some photos from the three plays… […]