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Hockey on hold as Morinville works to get ice ready

Sep 19, 2012 2

By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – The echo of pucks bouncing off the boards is absent from the Ray McDonald Sports Centre these days. Although hockey season has begun, the Town is still working on getting equipment working so the ice can remain frozen.

Morinville’s Director of Public Works, Claude Valcourt, said the work has been going on since the problem was discovered when the ice was first put in this season… […]

Mavericks take to ice for sixth season

Sep 16, 2012 Comments Off

By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – Saturday mornings will soon see the bleachers of the Ray McDonald Sports Centre full of parents, grandparents and other relatives enthusiastically watching children play hockey. But for three hours each Saturday what will set the players on the ice apart from many other teams that will occupy the rink that day and throughout the week is the range of ages and genders playing together on the ice…. […]

Jets show some promise in Leduc tournament

Sep 10, 2012 Comments Off

By Morinville News Staff

Morinville – The Morinville Jets played two of three games this weekend in a tournament in Leduc, winning both contests… […]

Morinville Jets captain laid to rest

Sep 9, 2012 Comments Off

By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – A man remembered for his love of life and his ability to spread that love was laid to rest Saturday. The funeral of Morinville Jets Captain Nick McRae was held at the St. Albert Parish to allow sufficient room for mourners to pay their respects to 21-year-old Riviere Qui Barre resident, killed in an ATV accident south of Edson Sept. 3… […]

Jets announce top two coaching spots

Sep 9, 2012 Comments Off

By Morinville News Staff

Morinville – After three seasons with the Morinville Jets, Head Coach Scott Rodda announced he was stepping down, his time with the team ending on a high note first-place division finish last season… […]

Morinville Jets veteran killed in weekend accident

Sep 4, 2012 Comments Off

By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – The Jets will take to the ice this season with one less jersey number. In memory of former team captain Nick McRae, who died Sept. 3, the club has decided to retire the jersey… […]

Jets prepping for bigger season

Aug 27, 2012 Comments Off

By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – The Morinville Jets delivered their most successful season in more than three decades last season, finishing at the top of their division in the Capital Junior Hockey League and going on to playoff semi-finals. This year the club is looking to go farther…. […]

Morinville basketball player taking part in Guiness attempt

Aug 23, 2012 Comments Off

By Morinville News Staff

Spruce Grove – An MCHS Wolf is taking part in the Longest Basketball Game fundraiser this week in Spruce Grove… […]

Reaume focused on next level

Aug 9, 2012 Comments Off

By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – Sitting in St. Jean Baptiste Park displaying the two gold and one silver medal she earned at the recent Alberta Summer Games, Morinville kayaker Kassandra Reaume already has her eyes set on the next level of competition as she works her way ever downstream towards learning new skills and improving the ones she has… […]

Cardiff woman running her own race

Aug 1, 2012 Comments Off

By Stephen Dafoe

Cardiff – Whether it is running on a Sunday morning through Cardiff Park or running one seventh of a grueling trail run in southern Alberta, 39-year-old Calli Stromner runs mainly for herself. The Cardiff resident took up the sport two years ago to develop a greater sense of health and wellbeing, but primarily to come of some prescription antidepressants she felt were inhibiting her life. .. […]

Reaume returns with medals

Jul 29, 2012 2

By Morinville News Staff

Morinville – A local kayaker and Georges H. Primeau students is returning to Morinville with two medals from the Alberta Summer Games, held in Lethbridge over the weekend… […]

Integra Tire gets race fans’ motors running

Jul 26, 2012 Comments Off

By Morinville News Staff

Morinville – Integra Tire had some high powered help in showing the benefits of Firestone and Bridgestone tires Thursday afternoon; the presence of the Bridgestone and Firestone Performance Trailer, a long box full of racing vehicles sure to whet the appetites of motoring fans… […]

Morinville girl off to Summer Games

Jul 23, 2012 1

By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – A Georges H. Primeau Middle School student is on her way to Lethbridge this week to compete in the Alberta Summer Games July 26 to 29. Twelve-year-old Kassandra Reaume will be competing in three components of kayaking competitions and is hoping to continue the success she has had paddling her way to the games…. […]

Tour de l’Alberta draws cyclists to Morinville

Jul 22, 2012 3

By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – Cyclists in record numbers had perfect riding weather Sunday for the annual Tour de l’Alberta, the Edmonton Bicycle and Touring Club’s (EBTC) largest event of the year. For the past five years the event has started and ended in Morinville. This year’s event drew a solid number of riders to participate in the various lengths of ride… […]

Golf pro provides youth opportunity to lean game basics

Jul 17, 2012 Comments Off

By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – Would be golfers aged five to 17 have an opportunity to spend three days on the fairways and putting greens of the Cardiff Golf and Country Club this week and next learning the basics of the game. The program, running July 18 to 20 and July 25 to 27, will be instructed by Canadian Professional Golf Association (CPGA) instructor Chris Hendrick and is aimed at new golfers… […]

Tour de l’Alberta ready to roll through French corridor

Jul 11, 2012 Comments Off

By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – Cyclists have been riding through Sturgeon County in an organized fashion for nearly two decades, taking in the sights and scenery of the French corridor that is made up of St. Albert, Morinville, Legal and surrounding area. Originally based out of St. Albert, the Tour de l’Alberta will start and finish in Morinville for the fifth consecutive year July 22… […]