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The week in photos
Singing, dancing, karate, comedy and even a unicyclist provided nearly two hours of entertainment at the 20th Annual Georges H. Primeau talent show Mar. 27… […]
Morinville News
Local Sports
Morinville Kings take provincial banner
by Stephen Dafoe
The Morinville Senior AA Kings were crowned Hockey Alberta Provincial Senior A Champions Sunday afternoon after a 4-3 victory over the Devon Barons, the culmination of a strong inaugural season for the hockey club… […]
Local Sports
Morinville Kings play for the gold Sunday
by Stephen Dafoe
Morinville – After a tough defeat at the hands of a Triple-A club Friday night, the Morinville Senior AA Kings came back with a solid 8-4 victory over the Two Hills Longhorns Saturday afternoon to earn a spot in the Senior A pool gold-medal game Sunday afternoon, the finale to Hockey Alberta’s Senior AA/A Provincial Championships. That contest takes place at 1 p.m. at the Ray McDonald Sports Centre and will put the Kings on the opposite side of the ice to the Devon Barons, a fellow NCHL club that finished in first spot during the regular season and went on to take the league championship for the second consecutive year… […]
Local Sports
Kings start weekend provincials with a loss
Photos by Stephen Dafoe
The Morinville Kings took to the ice against the Okotoks Drillers Friday night in game one of a weekend-long Senior AA/A Provincials series, emerging with a 9-4 loss… […]
Morinville News
Finance Minister presents budget to Rotarians and politicians
by Tristan Turner
Morinville – Alberta Finance Minister Doug Horner spoke to Rotarians, Councillors and guests at the Morinville Rotary Club’s regular Wednesday morning meeting Mar. 26. While the focus of attention in recent days has been former Premier Alison Redford’s resignation, Horner chose to focus his presentation on the provincial budget that is currently going through reviews one ministry at a time, and – according to Horner – is expected to be voted on by the legislative assembly in late April…. […]
Local News
Garbage rates increase by 16%
by Calli Stromner with files from Paul Smith
Morinville residents will be paying 16 per cent more for garbage collection than they did in 2013 after Council approved the Waste Management Bylaw during Tuesday night’s regular meeting. The $2.70 per month increase covers the cost of providing weekly garbage collection and recycling collection throughout the year. It also adds mandatory organic waste collection to the town’s service offering, providing weekly pick-up from May 1 – Oct. 31 and monthly pick-up during the winter months. Organics would be placed in the current yard waste containers… […]
Morinville News
Council Briefs – Mar. 25 meeting
by Calli Stromner with files from Paul Smith 2014 Property Tax Rate Bylaw Council gave first reading to the 2014 […]
Local News
March 26 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 rural mailboxes Wednesday as well. This week’s edition is 24 pages of local news, photos and opinion. If you are unable to obtain a copy at one of our more than 100 locations you can download it by clicking the cover above or the download button below…. […]
Editorial & Opinion
Letter: Mayor takes issue with column
Dear Editor,
I understand that the column “Conservative Views” is an opinion piece and reflects the sole opinion of the writer. However, I would like to offer clarification to your readers on one item in this piece that is factually incorrect… […]
Arts & Culture
MCTV program achieves 19th anniversary
The MCTV program is a live news broadcast that airs from October to June at lunch on televisions throughout Morinville Community High School (MCHS), and can also be found online. The program is entirely staffed by students from grades nine through twelve who work to learn the skills required in television production. Groups of students work to write, produce, edit, and conduct interviews about events occurring at the school, and in the community at large… […]
Local News
Community Gardens planning for farm to table food event
Morinville – If a number of local gardening enthusiasts have their way, 104 Street will be shut down this summer. But the desire for the road closure is no form of public protest. The Morinville Community Gardens are looking to host an outdoor meal for 200 people in conjunction with the Community Fair that the Morinville Farmer’s Market is planning Aug. 22 and 23… […]
Arts & Culture
The week in photos
Cohen Eluik, Jaxon Strand and the rest of their Grade 1 class at École Notre Dame Elementary School received a visit from one of the West… […]
Legal
Morinville Sports Shorts
Kevin Borduzak, twin brother of the late Dennis Blair Borduzak drops the puck in Legal to start the 17th Annual Dennis Blair Boduzak Memo- rial Tournament (4 the Love of the Game). At centre ice is Westlock Warriors player Blake Borduzak (left), nephew of the late Novice player, .. […]
Arts & Culture
Local youth experience a week with the Wizard
There was little tangible evidence left be- hind last week after the Missoula Children’s Theatre loaded up their little red truck full of props and left for the next town, but the memories created for roughly 60 local youth who had the opportunity to work with the theatre group are sure to last for many years… […]
Arts & Culture
Library secures laptops to fill computer education gap
Submitted my Morinville Community Library
Morinville – The Morinville Community Library announced Thursday it has purchased a quantity of laptops formerly used by Career Employment Counselling Services Centre (CECS), which closed in December 2013 due to government cutbacks. The $6,000 purchase was a three-way partnership between the Morinville Community Library, the Friends of the Library Society, and Stephen Dafoe, owner of the Morinville News. Each partner contributed $2,000 to the purchase. The laptops will be used in computer education courses, soon to be offered by the library as part of their effort to compensate for the CECS closure… […]
Arts & Culture
Our Morinville in photos
Our Morinville is an opportunity to view life through our community members’ lenses. Photos can be of this and surrounding communities, cool photos from places our readers have visited. The pages are wide open on possibility. Each month we will select one photo as the choice of the month. That reader will receive a $100 Shop in Morinville gift certificate… […]