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Local News

Morinville woman’s battle with cancer leads to fundraiser to help others

by Stephen Dafoe

A Morinville woman is turning adversity into hope with an upcoming fundraiser in aid of the Alberta Cancer Foundation. The Leap of Faith Golf Tournament, Silent Auction and Show and Shine will take place Aug. 16 at Terrae Pines Golf Course and the Morinville Legion, and is seeking to raise $5,000 for the cause. The tournament, a four-ball / best-ball game, is open to golfers of all ages. Cost of the tournament is $80 per person and includes green fees, golf cart, and a steak dinner…. […]

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Local Sports

Young athletes play in major competitions

Melville set for prestigious golf tournament

Bryce Melville will take part in the Canadian Amateur Aug. 4 to 7, Canada’s most prestigious amateur golf torunament.
Melville competed in the Alberta Amateur Golf Championship in Medicine Hat from July 15 to 18 and shot 76-70-73-72 to finish in 13th place out of 123 golfers… […]

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Legal

20th Tour de l’Alberta pedals 1,400 cyclists through Morinville

Photos by Lucie Roy

The 20th Annual Tour de l’Alberta departed from and returned to Morinville Sunday. More than 1,400 riders participated in six routes ranging from a 185-km ride that covered the region to a five kilometre children’s ride that took young cyclists to the Fish and Game Association Pond and back to the Ray McDonald Sports Center… […]

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Arts & Culture

Local musicians take to the stage in Kentucky show

by Morinville News Staff

Local musicians Justin Hogg, Paul Smith, Alan Pangburn, Christian Maslyk, Angela Proulx, and Andrea Mallon left for Kentucky July 21 to take part in Champion Petfoods groundbreaking celebration July 23. … […]

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Arts & Culture

Fête au Village offers much despite the rain [photos]

Lucie Roy Photos

A rainy Friday night and Saturday did not prevent Legal residents and visitors from having a great time at this year’s Fête au Village. Here are some photo highlights from the festival. .. […]

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Business

Restaurant employees reflect on first year as entrepreneurs

by Stephen Dafoe

Bistro di Madre Piccola will be celebrating its first anniversary serving fine food to Morinvillians Aug. 10. The restaurant opened on that date last summer, almost two months after Don’s Bar and Bistro, which had been at the same location for nearly three years, suddenly closed. Although Bistro di Madre Piccola proprietors Christine Pereira and Deepthi Pelenage were first time restaurant owners, their faces were familiar to those who tried out the new establishment because they had been employees of Don’s Bistro since it opened in 2010. When the former establishment closed, Pelenage and Pereira decided to take the plunge on their lifelong dream to open a restaurant of their own…. […]

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Local News

Break and Enter Charges laid Against Two Edmonton Men

Submitted by Morinville RCMP

On July 26th, 2014 at approximately 10:00 am Morinville RCMP received a call of a robbery in progress involving firearms at a rural property in Sturgeon County near Morinville, Alberta. Further updates and investigation revealed the nature of the call was an actual break, enter, and theft in progress and not a robbery as initially reported. There were no firearms involved… […]

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Business

Artic Therm Donation to Food Bank

by Lucie Roy

The Morinville Food Bank Society have $1,500 more to work with after receiving a donation from Morinville’s Artic Therm. General Manager Troy Simoneau and Office Manager Tracey Strand presented the donation Thursday afternoon to Food Bank Society Vice President Ken Skjersven.
Artic Therm, located in Morinville’s industrial park, hosts a yearly client appreciation party. This year was the first time they added a dunk tank on site. Some of the money raised from the event was to pay for management and staff going in the dunk tank to be dunked. … […]

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Business

Champion breaks ground south of the border

by Stephen Dafoe

Three months after making the announcement they would build a third kitchen facility for their product line in Kentucky, Champion Petfoods broke ground on the project and threw a party to commemorate the event… […]

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Local News

Impaired driving is RCMP focus for August

by Stephen Dafoe

The Morinville RCMP will be focusing on impaired drivers during the month of August, part of the detachment’s ongoing efforts to keep area roads safe by participating with provincial sheriffs and other law enforcement agencies in following Alberta’s traffic safety calendar. Each month of the year, police have a particular traffic safety focus. In July police kept their eyes on occupant restraints, particularly drivers not wearing them. Although August’s focus is on impaired drivers due to increased traffic, it is something the detachment says it is always vigilant about…. […]

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Local News

Our Morinville and Area in Photos

Our Morinville & Area is an opportunity to view life through our community members’ lenses. Photos can be taken in Morinville and the surrounding communities in Sturgeon County or even cool photos from places our readers have visited… […]

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Local News

July 23 Print Edition Download

Our weekly print edition will be at our more than 100 locations in Morinville, Cardiff and Legal Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday, and in 1400 mailboxes Thursday as well… […]

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Business

Town key partner in 20th anniversary Tour de l’Alberta

by Tristan Turner – The Town of Morinville is partnering with the Edmonton Bicycle and Touring Club (EBTC) to bring the 20th Anniversary of the Tour de l’Alberta – the largest single day bike tour in Alberta – to Morinville on July 27… […]

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Arts & Culture

Puppets and song coming to town

Children’s entertainers Peter and Mary will perform at the Morinville Community Library Aug. 6. The couple promises to combine ventriloquist puppetry, magic, and loads of live music into their hour-long Eureka show, pulling from a repertoire of approximately 3,500 original and cover songs and working in plenty of elements that will amaze their audience…. […]

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Local News

Police briefs

On July 18th a homeowner on Range Road 252 near Morinville found a bullet hole in the side of their home. RCMP attended and investigated but at this time there is little information to work with. The home owner places the time line sometime between June 29th and July 18th…. […]