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Gibbons inviting region to celebrate its past

Jul 10, 2013 Comments Off

By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – The Town of Gibbons is rolling out the relics and the red carpet next weekend for three days of family activities. The Town will hold its annual Pioneer Days July 19 to 21, and organizers are hoping those outside the community will come and check the festival out.

“We’re trying to bring Gibbons back to their roots and just provide some free activities for the community and surrounding communities to come and partake in,” said Eva Scrimshaw, the event and recreational coordinator for Crowsnest Community Services, which serves the towns of Gibbons and Bon Accord… […]

Deputy Mayor calls special meeting

Jul 9, 2013 Comments Off

By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – A special meeting regarding Council leadership in the absence of a mayor will be held Thursday afternoon. The Town announced at 2:27 p.m. Tuesday afternoon Deputy Mayor Lisa Holmes had called the meeting for Thursday at 5:30 p.m… […]

Morinville Best Gardens Competition looking for gardening excellence

Jul 9, 2013 2

By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – Local gardeners have a week left to register for the Town of Morinville’s Annual Best Garden Competition. Once again this year judges will be looking to reward gardeners for the design and maintenance of their gardens and they are planning to hit yards Jul. 25. As in previous years, the hometown pride initiative is about more than blooming flowers and bushes.

“It’s about trying to see what’s in Morinville and how people utilize the properties that they have to make Morinville look better,” said Morinville’s Recreational and Cultural Coordinator Melonie Dziwenka.“I think the Best Garden Competition reflects a sense of pride… […]

Local business owner running for mayor

Jul 8, 2013 14

By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – Shotgun Sally’s manager Christa Marie Naughton has thrown her hat into the ring for Morinville’s upcoming fall mayoral race.

Naughton, 39, has managed the bar on the corner of 100 Avenue and 100 Street for the past seven-and-a-half years and has lived in the community for nearly five years. Over that time she has met and become friends with many people in the community. It was learning their needs that prompted her to run for mayor… […]

Morinville Celebrates the Life of Mayor Paul Krauskopf

Jul 7, 2013 Comments Off

By Ashley Janes / Photos by Lucie Roy

Morinville – The town of Morinville gathered together at the St. Jean Baptiste Church on Friday, July 5 to grieve the passing of Mayor Paul Krauskopf who lost his battle with cancer the previous Sunday at the age of 63. If you attended the service, you were part of the hundreds of family, friends… […]

The weekend in photos

Jul 7, 2013 Comments Off

Photos from around the town this pst weekend. […]

Locals get a look at downtown Morinville from above

Jul 7, 2013 Comments Off

Photos by Lucie Roy and Denise Touchette

Morinville – On Saturday morning Denise and Maurice Touchette, along with Gib Boddez and site Supervisor Don Ferguson, climbed 84 feet of stairs to rise as far up the St. Jean Baptiste Church steeple as could be allowed. The Touchettes won the scaffold climb at a recent Rotary Club’s silent auction… […]

Writers’ Workshop mixes craft and critique

Jul 7, 2013 Comments Off

By Morinville News Staff

Morinville – The Program Room at the Morinville Community Library will provide the setting for a twice-monthly writers’ workshop that mixes craft and critique in one two-hour session… […]

Farmers’ Market taking it to the streets once again

Jul 7, 2013 Comments Off

By Morinville News Staff

Morinville – Music, magic and dance will surround the Morinville Farmers’ Market July 19, all part of a special day in recognition of the popular product and produce market’s 11th anniversary in Morinville. The festival will combine the talents of amateur and professional performers from the region in a one-day entertainment… […]

Local volunteer off to lend a hand in El Salvador

Jul 7, 2013 Comments Off

By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – Pleasant Homes co-owner and Morinville and District Chamber of Commerce President Simon Boersma left for El Salvador July 8 to continue the humanitarian work he began at the age of 18 when he began smuggling bibles behind the wall in Eastern Europe.

Today Boersma continues his humanitarian work as part of the Flying Doctors of Canada, a non-governmental, non-profit registered charity made up of general volunteers, doctors, nurses, and other healthcare workers, each committed to helping those most in need… […]

Morinville’s Director of Community Services has retired

Jul 4, 2013 Comments Off

By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – The Community Services wing of the Morinville Community Cultural Centre is down one employee after Kerry Dawson, the Town’s Director of Community Services, stepped down July 3 to enter retirement. Dawson came to Morinville less than two years ago as the replacement for Susan MacDonald, who left in October of 2011 after accepting a position in Lacombe to be closer to her family.

Dawson’s departure leaves vacant the role of Director of Community Services, a position that oversees the Town’s Community Services programming, the Town’s Family and Community Support Services, and the operation of the Morinville Community Cultural Centre… […]

Around the town in photos

Jul 3, 2013 Comments Off

We’re a community band
Riley Quinn hits the skins during a Morinville Community Band session at the Morinville Community Cultural Centre Wednesday night. The band of Morinville musicians are set to perform at a number of local events over the summer… […]

Morinville Mayor’s funeral set for Friday

Jul 2, 2013 1

By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – The Town of Morinville confirmed Tuesday afternoon that a funeral for Mayor Paul Krauskopf, who died Sunday morning, will be held at St. Jean Baptiste Church Friday, July 5 at 10:15 a.m. Not yet confirmed is a reception to take place after Friday’s funeral at the Morinville Community Cultural Centre.
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Morinville RCMP kept busy with Boonstock calls

Jul 1, 2013 Comments Off

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Morinville – RCMP members deployed from various detachments were kept very busy at the Boonstock Music festival over the Canada Day weekend. A significantly increased RCMP presence at Boonstock this year allowed officers to pro-actively enforce contraventions of the provincial Gaming and Liquor Act, federal Controlled Drugs and Substances Act and the Criminal Code… […]

Morinville Canada Day in photos … and Legal

Jul 1, 2013 1

The Morinville Historical and Cultural Society hosted their annual Canada Day in the Park event Monday afternoon, an event that filled St. Jean Baptiste Park with families out to celebrate Canada’s 146th birthday. – Photos By Stephen Dafoe and Lucie Roy… […]

Morinville Mayor Paul Krauskopf has died

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Morinville – A community is in mournimg after the news Morinville Mayor Paul Krauskopf has died. Krauskopf, 63, was diagnosed with cancer in 2010 and continued to serve the community as councillor – and subsequently mayor – until his death June 30.

Debbie Oyarzun, the Town’s Chief Administrative Officer (CAO), released the news of the mayor’s passing. “With Paul Krauskopf’s passing, Morinville has not only lost its mayor, but it has lost a dear friend who was tireless advocate for Morinville… […]