Stories about people and groups in our community.
Next time you pick up a cookbook and gleam over the glossy pictures of the perfect dish, you could be looking at a recipe from Morinville resident Jeannette Bachand.
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The Jessica Martel Memorial Foundation (JMMF), a non-profit organization from Morinville that will be opening a women’s shelter in the area and who raises awareness on the realities of domestic violence, is hosting its third annual Break Free Gala, on Oct. 28. The event, which takes place at the Morinville Community Cultural Centre, will showcase a major announcement regarding JMMF’s forthcoming shelter. […]
Edmonton Eskimos fans will get a taste of Morinville talent at the Oct. 28 game against Calgary. Morinville Community High School student and juggler Jordan Imgrund-Harvey has won an Edmonton-wide talent search to perform at the game later this month.
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Last summer, Sobeys celebrated Canada’s 150th birthday with its Canada Screams for Ice Cream campaign. Morinville Sobeys customers made $2 donations in exchange for ice cream treats.
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Eight months after St. Albert real estate developer Landrex Inc. gifted the Father’s House with the former King of Kings Lutheran Church building at the north end of St. Albert, the Morinville church is one step closer to calling it home. […]
The Morinville & District Grandmothers’ HATS (Hands Across The Sea) will be hosting a Giant Grandmothers’ Garage Sale on Saturday, Oct. 21, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Morinville United Church Basement (corner of Grandin Dr. & Morinville Dr.).
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Little Warriors founder and board chair Glori Meldrum has been named a finalist for the 2017 RBC Canadian Women Entrepreneur Awards for the Social Change Award.
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Greater St Albert Catholic Schools have nominated the St. Albert and Morinville Rotary Clubs for an award.
The Alberta School Boards Association places a call for nominations annually for various awards that the organization offers. […]
It is with great sadness that we learned Sunday morning of the passing of Lucien Beaupre. In August of this […]
A half dozen bikers dressed in leather, covered in tattoos, and looking a little more than intimidating mixed recently with Zumba instructors, basketball coaches, and girl guide leaders. Though the bikers might look like they don’t belong at an event geared for children and families, the members of the Edmonton Chapter of Bikers Against Child Abuse (BACA) were a welcome addition. […]
Armed with nothing more than a pen and paper, cell phone, flashlight, police scanner, and a couple of cups of coffee, a small number of residents regularly take to the streets of Morinville, keeping their eyes and ears open for what doesn’t look and sound right. They’re Citizens on Patrol (COP), a civilian watch organization that has been operating in Morinville since 1997. Over the past two decades, the volunteer group has been doing their part for community policing in Morinville. […]
Two Sturgeon County students, Travis Brenneis and Shawna McLaughlin, received $4,000 in scholarships from County Council this week through the Dale MacMillan Memorial Scholarship.
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Morinville lawyer Andrew Lawson recently returned from a two-week canoe trip. But unlike many Albertans who hopped in a canoe while camping this summer, Lawson’s journey was one of geographical distance as well as one with miles travelled in creating building blocks for Truth and Reconciliation. […]
A local chapter of a youth aviation club called the EAA Young Eagles Program is holding a ‘Kids Fly Free Rally’ at the Villeneuve Airport on Aug. 26. The event, planned for children aged eight to 17-years-old, is meant to help spark an interest in flying; in some cases, this event gives kids the chance to go on their very first airplane ride.
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The Canadian Country Music Association announced the nominees for the 2017 CCMA Awards earlier this summer and among the nominees are Morinville residents, Travis Switzer and Chad Melchert.
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While everyone was out enjoying the long weekend Victoria Kentfield of Lancaster was busy packing her suitcases.
Kentfield left Saturday for Oulu, Finland where she will be spending a year as part of a Rotary Club Youth Exchange Program. Oulu is the place of her host family and is a city and municipality in the region of Northern Ostrobothnia. […]
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