News about Morinville
The Morinville Public School Community Carnival has kicked the summer off for the past three years a week before the annual St. Jean Baptiste (SJB) Festival. This year, the highly successful event will take place during the latter festival weekend. […]
Georges H. Primeau held their Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.) Graduation for Grade 6 students Friday. The five classes of students lined up to receive their certificates and to be congratulated by Morinville Community Peace Officer Cody Rossing, Principal Allan Menduk, RCMP Constable Jaimie Short, and teachers Scott Raypold and Stacey Schiller. […]
It was a busy week for the arts in Morinville last week. MCHS performed their spring play, the cultural centre hosted two bands as part of National Youth Week, and Dance Connections put on back-to-back recitals on Saturday. Below are some photos and video of the week’s events. […]
Building relationships is going to be the major focus in the immediate future for newly elected Barrhead-Morinville-Westlock MLA Glenn van Dijken.
According to Elections Alberta figures the Wildrose Party candidate topped the polls with 7,205 votes, followed by the NDP’s Tristan Turner with 6,233 and Progressive Conservative incumbent Maureen Kubinec with 4,878. […]
The recent snowfall might have momentarily diverted people from thinking about summer, but Sobeys Morinville are laying out their summer best with an in-store food fair Saturday from 11 a.m. until 4 p.m.
“It’s to get people to come in and try all our great new items,” said franchise owner Shaun Thompson. “We have seven new burgers that have launched in the meat department, […]
Westlock farmer Glenn van Dijken took Barrhead-Morinville-Westlock from PC hands Tuesday night after garnering 39.34 per cent of the vote. Van Dijken received 7,205 votes, 972 more than NDP candidate Tristan Turner who received 6,233 votes (34.03%). PC incumbent Maureen Kubinec came in last with 4,878 votes (26.63%). Van Dijken joins the Wildrose in obtaining a 21-seat opposition voice in the legislature. […]
Several events were planned for National Youth Week (May 1-7), a week dedicated to celebrating youth and their active involvement in the community. The Town of Morinville had events scheduled for the after school period May 4 and 5, culminating in a double-header rock show Thursday night. […]
When the doors of the Morinville Community Cultural Centre open for the next Silver Shoes Pub Night May 14, they will open for an evening of comedic entertainment. The evening will feature a dinner and show by St. Albert performers Peter and Mary, who will be providing a comedy act from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
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Morinville Public School Grade 6 teacher Tara Hodgson said her students have been researching and following the election campaign closely for the past three weeks, part of their learning about democracy in Social Studies. She felt it would be a good idea to carry through with a mock election. […]
It may be a clich?, but in the final hours of the Alberta election campaign it bears repeating.
Governments defeat themselves.
Sometimes it takes a while – in Alberta’s case that would be 44 years – but if the Progressive Conservatives under Jim Prentice were to lose Tuesday’s election, they will have shot themselves. […]
The Town of Morinville followed up Mayor Lisa Holmes Apr. 29 proclamation of Volunteer Firefighters Awareness Week with the announcement Monday of a roster of events at the Town Firehall this week. […]
The Town of Morinville is asking residents if they are ready for potential emergencies that could happen in the community and encouraging residents to put together their 72-hour kit. […]
Sturgeon Hockey Club President Wayne Gatza and his board know hockey is an expensive sport. They are working to get the cost lower. […]
Guiders Dougie Edwards and Aimie Williams pose for a photo with members of the 1st Morinville Guides at their last meeting for the season Apr. 27. The girls celebrated in style with a PJ party, snacks and crafts. Edwards said they have 24 members ranging in ages from 9 to 11. […]
A bus load of youth from the Morinville and Area Young Naturalist Club and the 1st Morinville Guides, Brownies attended the 16th Annual Snow Goose Chase Saturday. The event was organized by the Edmonton Nature Club and the Town of Tofield. […]
A small ceremony at the Morinville Court House Friday afternoon marked the start of a career for a local lawyer, but the gathering also marked the continuation of a tradition that began in 2013. Samantha Olson, who has spent the past year articling under Andrew Lawson at Putnam and Lawson, was the second lawyer to be called to the Bar in Morinville. Judge Vaughn Myers conducted the ceremony, as he did with Olson’s colleague, Jessy Inkpen, in July 0f 2013.
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