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Regional Business Symposium offers local, regional and national experts

Jun 10, 2013 Comments Off

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Morinville – Bestselling author and Dragons’ Den personality David Chilton is the keynote speaker at the 3rd Annual Regional Business Symposium set to take place at the Morinville Community Cultural Centre June 20.

Chilton, the newest member of CBC TV’s popular entrepreneurial show Dragons’ Den, is also the author of the Wealthy Barber (1989) and the Wealthy Barber Returns (2012). Chilton’s keynote address is but one part of a full day of networking, sessions, and panels, the product of four municipalities (Morinville, Bon Accord, Gibbons and Sturgeon County) coming together to provide approximately 400 event attendees the tools they need to thrive, regardless of the size of their business… […]

Jessica Martel Memorial Foundation inviting public to Annual General Meeting

Jun 9, 2013 Comments Off

By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – An organization named after a Morinville woman killed by her common law husband a few years ago is working to prevent similar situations from happening to other women. The Jessica Martel Memorial Foundation (JMMF) is holding its Annual General Meeting (AGM) at the Green Bean on 100 Street June 14 at 7 p.m. They are hoping residents will come out to learn more about the organization and its mission… […]

Police briefs

Jun 5, 2013 1

Mischief in Morinville

At approximately 11:34 p.m. June 4 Morinville RCMP received a complaint from a concerned citizen reporting individuals climbing up the scaffolding at the St-Jean Baptiste Church in Morinville. RCMP quickly responded and found two youth climbing the scaffolding. Both youth were served with a trespassing ticket and were returned home to their parents…. […]

Photo radar practices challenged

May 29, 2013 9

By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – Photos believed to show a vehicle belonging to Morinville’s Automated Traffic Enforcement operator hiding behind the pump house near the East Boundary Road have prompted a few emails and a brief discussion in Council Chambers May 28.

Acting on previous information from Administration that the vehicle was instructed to operate with its nose visible to eastbound and westbound traffic, Morinville resident Linda Lyons sent the photos to Administration and media over the weekend… […]

Library cards are on the house for seniors during Seniors’ Week

May 28, 2013 2

By Morinville News Staff

Morinville – The Town of Morinville is once again recognizing its seniors by helping them keep up with their reading. Council voted unanimously in favour of once again footing the bill for any Morinville senior that takes out or renews their library card during Seniors’ Week. .. […]

Mayor positive about meeting with Transportation Minister

May 28, 2013 1

By Stephen Dafoe

Edmonton – Mayor Paul Krauskopf said his meeting Tuesday afternoon with Ric McIver, Alberta’s Transportation Minister, to discuss alternatives to make the Highway 2 and Cardiff Road intersection safer was positive, but he is keeping the details of that discussion quiet until he has a chance to discuss the matter with the rest of Council… […]

Police warning about travelling scam artists

May 28, 2013 Comments Off

By Morinville News Staff

The Morinville RCMP are warning Sturgeon County residents to be on the lookout for home improvement scams this spring and summer. These travelling con artists masquerade as skilled trades workers but are anything but… […]

New RCMP Staff Sergeant arrives at his post

May 27, 2013 2

By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – RCMP Staff Sergeant Tom Love has assumed command of the Morinville Detachment. The 21-year RCMP member arrives in Morinville after spending three years as the Detachment Commander for Fort Vermilion, a limited-duration posting. Love began his policing career in Saskatchewan but has been in Alberta for the past seven years, the first of those years in Coronation… […]

Emergency exercise scenario heavy on realism

May 27, 2013 Comments Off

By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – A fireball rose over a Sturgeon County field Monday afternoon, an explosion that sent one man to hospital with life-threatening injuries and left another man severely burned.Three cable contractors installing utility poles south of Highway 642 on Range Road 244 found their routine job turn to tragedy when the bobcat operator’s auger drilled through a gas pipeline. The incident drew RCMP, fire crews, ambulance, and Alliance Pipeline employees to deal with the matter.

Fortunately, the man seriously injured was a rescue mannequin and the entire deployment was a real-time, multi-departmental training exercise, one of two Alliance Pipeline conducts in Morinville each year. […]

Microchip event seeks to get lost pets home safely

May 26, 2013 Comments Off

By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – The Town of Morinville is teaming with the Morinville Veterinary Clinic to promote the idea of pet owners having their dog or cat microchipped, a process that places a small implant the size of a grain of rice under the animal’s skin. It is a painless process that can make the difference between seeing a lost pet again or not… […]

3RD Annual Regional Business Symposium Attracts a Dragon

May 26, 2013 Comments Off

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Mornville – Bestselling author and Dragons’ Den personality David Chilton is the keynote speaker at the 3rd Annual Regional Business Symposium set to take place at the Morinville Community Cultural Centre June 20.

Chilton, the newest member of CBC TV’s popular entrepreneurial show Dragons’ Den, is also the author of the Wealthy Barber (1989) and the Wealthy Barber Returns (2012). Though well-known for his television role as a venture capitalist, Chilton’s true professional passion … […]

Sturgeon Agriplex Society moving ahead with renovations

May 22, 2013 1

By Morinville News Staff

Sturgeon County – The Cardiff / Sturgeon Agriplex, located in Cardiff Park, will soon have a new concession and meeting room, thanks to a $40,000 Community Facilities Enhancement Program (CFEP) grant. Barrhead-Morinville-Westlock MLA Maureen Kubinec presented the matching dollar grant to the group May 21 on behalf of the Honourable Heather Klimchuk, Minister of Culture… […]

Sturgeon County under fire advisory

May 13, 2013 Comments Off

Press Release

Sturgeon County FIRE ADVISORY in effect. Permits will not be issued until further notice. Existing permits are hereby revoked… […]

Legal sets off into the Wild Pink Yonder

May 12, 2013 Comments Off

By Lucie Roy

Legal – The Wild Pink Yonder is a Charitable Society raising money for Breast Cancer Awareness while travelling on horseback through 21 towns in 23 days. Every town along the Pink Trail is challenged to raise more money per capita than the others and to be the pinkest town when the riders come through town… […]

Sturgeon Rural Crime Watch marks 30 years

May 5, 2013 Comments Off

By Lucie Roy

Morinville – Sturgeon Rural Crime Watch (SRCW) celebrated 30 years of being the County’s eyes and ears Saturday night at the Rendev-Vous Centre… […]

County unveils new corporate structure

May 1, 2013 Comments Off

Sturgeon County implemented changes to their corporate structure May 1; changes the municipality believes positions them for success in achieving goals set out in Sturgeon County’s 2012-2021 Strategic Plan… […]