Westlock farmer Glenn van Dijken took Barrhead-Morinville-Westlock from PC hands Tuesday night after garnering 39.34 per cent of the vote. Van Dijken received 7,205 votes, 972 more than NDP candidate Tristan Turner who received 6,233 votes (34.03%). PC incumbent Maureen Kubinec came in last with 4,878 votes (26.63%). Van Dijken joins the Wildrose in obtaining a 21-seat opposition voice in the legislature. […]
Several events were planned for National Youth Week (May 1-7), a week dedicated to celebrating youth and their active involvement in the community. The Town of Morinville had events scheduled for the after school period May 4 and 5, culminating in a double-header rock show Thursday night. […]
When the doors of the Morinville Community Cultural Centre open for the next Silver Shoes Pub Night May 14, they will open for an evening of comedic entertainment. The evening will feature a dinner and show by St. Albert performers Peter and Mary, who will be providing a comedy act from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
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Everyone makes this comparison that your heart is your body’s pump, and your veins and arteries are like hydraulic hoses. This analogy works very well to explain why diuretics are the first drugs prescribed to reduce blood pressure. If there is an excess of fluid in a closed hydraulic system, […]
The Sturgeon County Junior Roller Derby Association will have their first bout of the season in Airdrie this weekend. A black and white scrimmage in Holden later this month and a major junior invitational event in Gibbons later this summer are evidence the association is rolling strong.
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Morinville Public School Grade 6 teacher Tara Hodgson said her students have been researching and following the election campaign closely for the past three weeks, part of their learning about democracy in Social Studies. She felt it would be a good idea to carry through with a mock election. […]
It may be a clich?, but in the final hours of the Alberta election campaign it bears repeating.
Governments defeat themselves.
Sometimes it takes a while – in Alberta’s case that would be 44 years – but if the Progressive Conservatives under Jim Prentice were to lose Tuesday’s election, they will have shot themselves. […]
The Town of Morinville followed up Mayor Lisa Holmes Apr. 29 proclamation of Volunteer Firefighters Awareness Week with the announcement Monday of a roster of events at the Town Firehall this week. […]
Three politicians walk into an election with varying degrees of preparation. The incumbent has the advantage of knowing when the election will be called. The other two know it will be called, think they know when it will be called, and then have to scramble when it is actually called. […]
The Town of Morinville is asking residents if they are ready for potential emergencies that could happen in the community and encouraging residents to put together their 72-hour kit. […]
Morinville Public School held a Rock Concert at the cultural centre Thursday afternoon. The Grade 4 students performed the Beatle’s Fool on the Hill and the MPS Band Dragon’s Scale band performed five numbers and a finale. […]
Sturgeon Hockey Club President Wayne Gatza and his board know hockey is an expensive sport. They are working to get the cost lower. […]
Morinville Community High School students played against members of the Morinville and Fort Saskatchewan RCMP Detachments in a game of floor hockey Friday afternoon. A wooden replica of the Stanley Cup was the prize. The students were victors in this first match up. The fun game of students versus RCMP is scheduled to be an annual event. Opposite page: MCHS student Tyrell Brink with the cup. […]
Guiders Dougie Edwards and Aimie Williams pose for a photo with members of the 1st Morinville Guides at their last meeting for the season Apr. 27. The girls celebrated in style with a PJ party, snacks and crafts. Edwards said they have 24 members ranging in ages from 9 to 11. […]
A bus load of youth from the Morinville and Area Young Naturalist Club and the 1st Morinville Guides, Brownies attended the 16th Annual Snow Goose Chase Saturday. The event was organized by the Edmonton Nature Club and the Town of Tofield. […]
A small ceremony at the Morinville Court House Friday afternoon marked the start of a career for a local lawyer, but the gathering also marked the continuation of a tradition that began in 2013. Samantha Olson, who has spent the past year articling under Andrew Lawson at Putnam and Lawson, was the second lawyer to be called to the Bar in Morinville. Judge Vaughn Myers conducted the ceremony, as he did with Olson’s colleague, Jessy Inkpen, in July 0f 2013.
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