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Friends of the library looking for a few friends

By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – If you sit down at the public computers in the Morinville Community Library, attend one of the library’s family movie nights or borrow an e-reader to read the latest best seller, you will be enjoying amenities provided by an all-volunteer organization whose sole purpose is to help the library acquire the things it needs.

The Friends of the Morinville Public Library have been in existence in the community since the 1960s, raising funds for the library… […]

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Battle of the Boxes picks its winners

By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – Two families and two local businesses walked away with prizes at the conclusion of the Battle of the Boxes Saturday afternoon. The event, which had competitors taking left over packaging and turning it into creative works, drew eight competitors and a lot of interest among library patrons who voted on the entries over the past week… […]

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Jake’s Gift coming to cultural centre

By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – There have been many acts that have crossed the stage at the Morinville Community Cultural Centre. Few of those acts have been plays. Fewer have been plays performed by a single actor.

Jake’s Gift is a multi-award winning Canadian play written and performed by Julia Mackey that will be performed at the cultural centre Jan. 24… […]

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Morinville Festival Society looking to break the ice with family fun

By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – The Morinville Festival Society is looking to help families beat the winter blahs by taking one of Canada’s great pastimes indoors. In their first mini-festival outside the annual St. Jean Baptiste Festival, the society is bringing a street hockey skills competition to the cultural centre Jan. 26, tying the event to the Will Stroet children’s concert taking place the same day… […]

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Battle of the Boxes judging this week

By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – Repurposed recyclables began entering the Morinville Community Library over the weekend, entrants in the first Battle of the Boxes, an event that was open to individuals, families and businesses over the holidays. The challenge was to take left over packaging materials and turn them into whatever could be imagined… […]

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Morinville Community Christmas Celebration packs SJB Church

Photos By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – Residents in the hundreds filled St. Jean Baptiste Church Dec. 20 for the 34th Annual Community Christmas Celebration, an evening of song and fellowship that drew local church and school choirs as well as soloists and singing groups to ring out the sounds of the season.

Former Morinville teacher, school board trustee, and Citizen of the Year John Unsworth started the annual celebration in the late 1970s. In its inaugural year, staff and students of École Georges P. Vanier School… […]

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Dancing banned in Morinville for the rest of the week

Photos By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – Dancing has been banned in Morinville this week, at least in the context of Morinville Community High School’s performance of Footloose. This year’s theatrical production is a performance of the 1998 stage adaptation of the popular 1984 film and includes a cast of more than 40 MCHS students… […]

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Battle of the Boxes looking for creative side of recycling

By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – A local woman is hoping boxes, cartons and other by-products of Christmas gift giving will be given a second life as works of creative art before ending up in the recycling box. Stacey Buga is organizing The Battle of the Boxes, the first of what she hopes will be a recurring recycling event.

“The Battle of the Boxes is hopefully going to be an annual event to encourage community involvement … […]

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Community Christmas Celebration marks its 34th year

By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – The sounds of the season will once again be ringing from St. Jean Baptiste Church Dec. 20 as the community comes together for the 34th Annual Community Christmas Celebration, an interdenominational Christmas gathering that organizers are hoping will once again bring residents and visitors together…. […]

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Morinville setting for a new sports novel

By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – It has been many years since author Steven Sandor was the editor of The Morinville Mirror, but the author, journalist and editor has never forgotten the community he once called home. In fact, Morinville is the backdrop in his new novel Playing for Keeps… […]

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Feliz-Navidogma brings Christmas touch to monthly show

By Morinville News Staff

Morinville –It’s festive Friday at Higher Grounds Espresso Bar Nov 30. That’s the night the coffee house’s monthly Hot Dogma open mic night gets in tune with the season for a Christmas-themed evening of community entertainment called Feliz Navidogma… […]

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The day the circus came to town

Photos by Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – There were no elephants or tigers at Saturday’s Circus Montreal, just an immigrant named Alfonso but better known as entertainer Aytahn Ross. The multi-talented performer put on two shows at the Cultural Centre during the Light Up the Night Festival Saturday as well as two workshops to demonstrate some of his talents… […]

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Brett Kissel – young singer with an old country soul

Photos By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – Listening to country singer Brett Kissel belt out an old Merle Haggard number or an original song about the life of a cowboy, it is hard to believe the man at the microphone is just 22 years old. But Kissel, who grew up on a ranch in St. Paul, Alberta, is as comfortable with the country classics he grew up listening to and playing as he is with something a little more contemporary… […]

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Morinville to Light up the Night this weekend

By Morinville News Staff

Morinville – The Christmas season in Morinville officially kicks off this weekend with the annual Light up the Night Christmas Festival, an annual event funded by the Town of Morinville and organized by a committee of dedicated volunteers and community partners…. […]