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The week in photos
Trevor McDonald puts up a new sign for The Father’s House on their 100 Avenue location across from Canada Post.
– Lucie Roy Photo… […]
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Arts & Culture
Cars and Guitars event fills the street with rocking and revving
by Stephen Dafoe
Four Morinville businesses teamed up for a business-oriented block party Saturday night. The Morinville Redliners Car Club, Champion Petfoods, Sobeys Morinville and Smith Music hosted a block party with food, music and cars… […]
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Police brief – Fatal motor vehicle collision
Submitted by Morinville RCMP
On Sunday September 7th, 2014 at about 3:30 a.m. Morinville RCMP received a complaint of a possible hit and run on Alexander First Nation. It was reported that some time earlier in the morning someone may have been hit by a vehicle while walking on the gravel road about 2 km… […]
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Active Living Fair showcases what town has on offer
by Lucie Roy
Morinville showcased what it had to offer Thursday night at the Active Living Fair held at the Morinville Community Cultural Centre. The two-hour event included 27 displays and tables set up by local groups and organizations, offering a one-stop opportunity to learn about and register for fall and winter program opportunities… […]
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Morinville Jets take to the ice in weekend tournament
by Morinville News Staff
After a four-day training and tryout camp, the Morinville Junior B Jets will take to the ice this weekend in a pre-season tournament at the Ray McDonald Sports Center… […]
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Final cooking class puts students in a pickle
by Lucie Roy
The Morinville Centennial Community Garden Society pickling class was held Sept. 3, the last in a series of cooking and food preparation classes sponsored by Sobeys Morinville. The final session was co-sponsored by Mother’s Market Garden, a regular presence at the Morinville and Legal Farmers’ Markets. They provided two instructors for the evening: Bernice Brisson and Heather Mossman. … […]
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School enrolment strong in Morinville
by Lucie Roy
Enrolment in Morinville schools seems to reflect the growth in the community’s population. When school bells rang for the end of the first day of school Sept. 2, Morinville schools had tallied some 2100 students registered for the 2014-2015 school year… […]
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Sept. 3 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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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…. […]
Arts & Culture
Arts and culture come alive in September
by Morinville News Staff
The province has selected the Town of Morinville, partnered with the Morinville Historical & Cultural Society, as one of 92 Host Celebration Site for Alberta Culture Days for the second year in a row… […]
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Edgore ready to rock your face off
by Morinville News Staff
Rock the Rails is a youth-focused, council-supported back-to-school rock concert initiated and hosted by David LeBel of Morinville metal band Edgore. The event will take place Saturday, Sept. 13 from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m at Morinville’s Bob Foster Extreme Sport Park (skate park) and will consist of a rock/metal concert featuring performances by local favourites Edgore and 7th Gear, as well as a free barbecue hosted by Morinville Town Council… […]
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Fogeys looking to jam
by Morinville News Staff
Guitars, drums, and other instruments will soon be put in the hands of middle-aged Morinvillians looking to get their musical groove on. Fogey Jam is a new initiative of Higher Grounds Espresso Bar in Morinville’s downtown core. Coffee shop manager Crystal Terhorst is hoping to pool as many as eight quadragenarians, quinquagenarian, sexagenarians and beyond to jam together… […]
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LED bilingual board landmarks Legal centennial
by Lucie Roy
Legal will soon have 360 square feet of digital message area, thanks to a contribution from the province. The Association Canadienne-Francaise de l’Alberta (ACFA)-Regionale Centralta were presented a cheque in the amount of $42,960 by Barrhead-Morinville-Westlock MLA Maureen … […]
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The week in photos
Lucie Roy Photos
Here is some of what our camera lenses focused on last week…. […]
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Police briefs
Morinville RCMP are looking for assistance with a few files… […]
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ITS/Global Chosen as Photo Radar Contractor
The photo enforcement contract was put out to tender on the Alberta Purchasing Connection website back in July, said Chief Administrative Officer Deb Oyarzun. “We did receive 15 or 16 inquiries about the RFP,” she told Council, however only two complete proposals ended up being submitted by the deadline – one from Redflex Traffic Systems from Phoenix, Arizona and the other from ITS and their new business partner, Global Traffic Services…. […]