Arts & Culture

Musicians will shine this weekend

Twinkle Twinkle Little Star will mix with pop songs and heavy metal this weekend as Smith Music hosts their annual student concert series. Far from a recital, the local music school has always tried to mix the acts into a show worthy of the audiences attending but also the hard work students have put in over the year.
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Business

Ice cream will help local youth

Morinville Sobeys is exchanging tasty ice cream for $2 donations this Saturday from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. Morinville Youth Programming was selected as the charity in Morinville for the company’s Canada Screams for Ice Cream campaign and Kids Paying-it-Forward program. […]

Local News

Morinville Legion more than people think

Flipping burgers and wieners on a grill outside the Morinville Fish and Game Association clubhouse on Fathers’ Day to feed granddads and dads and their sons and daughters may not be what people envision when someone mentions the Royal Canadian Legion. But the Legion is more than the familiar military cut suits seen by so many when the Legion Colour Guard leads parades during festivals and on Remembrance Day.
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Local News

St. Lucia rescue dog enjoying a new life in Morinville home

Features and her brother Pancake were driven off by their mother so she could save the other pups. Features had six seizures in the first hour after she was found, due to dehydration. She had only hours to live. Both Features and Pancake were rescued by Don Summers and Doris Jolicoeur, former Morinville residents and realtors featured in a May 31 Morinville News story. […]

Province

Government says Classroom Improvement Fund will help students

The Government of Alberta is investing an additional $75 million to benefit students and teachers during the 2017-18 school year.

Minister David Eggen announced the Classroom Improvement Fund (CIF) Tuesday morning, but the CIF was part of the central agreement reached between the Alberta Teachers’ Association and the Teachers Employer Bargaining Association in May. […]

Columns

National Column: Lebel’s departure sets up intriguing byelection

With the resignation on Monday of former Conservative minister Denis Lebel, all is in place for a mid-mandate testing of the federal waters in Quebec.

With three of the four opposition parties featuring new leaders, the byelection to be held in the riding of Lac-Saint-Jean – possibly before the end of the year – will be a must-watch.
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Morinville News

Canada’s 150th to be celebrated in SJB Park

The Morinville Historical & Cultural Society are organizing Canada’s sesquicentennial celebrations locally, and like the last several years, the Society is planning a big bash in St. Jean Baptiste Park.
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Local News

MCHS students spiking success on the volleyball court

Two local teens have burst onto Alberta’s volleyball scene in a big way.

Carter Hills and Andrew Seguin, grade 10 students from Morinville Community High School (MCHS), have taken their sport by storm. Lately, they’ve been spending their time winning championships, being recognized as tournament All-Stars, and receiving invitations to try-out with volleyball’s best-of-the-best. […]