Seen they pretty much packed the cultural centre twice this weekend. That’s got to be a new record. Any way you slice it, it shows things are turning around a bit over there. Maybe it’s time we left them alone a bit to do their jobs and stopped complaining so much about how much the building cost us…. […]
Kaileen Chisholm is this year’s recipient in the Youth category. Jessica Baily and Terra Bell nominated her for her dedication to making a difference in the world.
In their nomination, Baily and Bell said Chisholm is “trying to finish her studies through correspondence a year early so she can devote her time to helping others. […]
Morinville resident Rebecca Balanko was selected as the recipient in the Youth Empowerment category. She was nominated by Dayna Hryhirchuk, Nicholas Valcourt and former Women’s Day award recipient Sarah Hall.
Balanko is the creator of the G.I.R.L.S. (Girls in Real Life Situations) program, which she has run successfully in Morinville and other… […]
Morinville mother Brandi Robertson (not actual last name) was nominated in the Child Advocate and Unsung Heroine categories by Morinville and Sturgeon County residents Leah Elzinga, Eva Scrimshaw and Sarah Hall. The nominators said Robertson was raised in a family where helping and caring for others was natural, one where she watched her mother dedicate many hours helping her community despite raising a son with a disability, a point of view they say helped form Robertson’s “compassion and caring for disadvantaged persons.” […]
Morinville – Christians from three local churches will unite with followers from around the world on the first Friday in March for the Annual World Day of Prayer. The Catholic Women’s League from St. Jean Baptiste Church, Morinville United Church and host St. Andrews Anglican Church will put their hands and their prayers together at Heritage Lodge Mar. 7. The event takes place at 1:30 p.m. and all are welcome… […]
Here is some of what our lenses focused on over the past few days in Morinville. Click on one of the thumbnail images to launch this week’s photo gallery…. […]
The Town of Morinville is inviting those up bright and early Sunday morning to come out to the Morinville Community Cultural Centre Sunday morning at 5 a.m. to watch the Olympic gold medal game between Canada and Sweden… […]
by Stephen Dafoe
Morinville – Although the Morinville Community Library has become known for being more than just books these days, the printed word is still its stock and trade. Next week the library will be joining with libraries throughout the nation in defending intellectual freedom and the right to curl up with a good book, no matter what ideas and concepts those books may contain… […]
Dear Editor:
I recently attended the Morinville, Budget 2014 Open House on February 18.
There was lots of useful information… […]
Lucie Roy Photos
Sturgeon County – It was an evening of flaming torches and a roaring campfire as local Beavers, Cubs, Scouts, Ventures, Guides, Brownies and Sparks gathered to celebrate the birthday of Lord Baden-Powell, the founder of Scouting. The event More than 150 from Edmonton, St. Albert, Gibbons, Legal and Morinville gathered at the Sturgeon Agri-Plex Parking Lot for the 6:30 p.m. torchlight parade, which was followed by a fire, hot chocolate and comradeship… […]
by Calli Stromner
Morinville – Two nights of public consultation resulted in a clear message that Morinville wants the Ray McDonald Sports Arena issue to be resolved…and quickly. A total of about 60 Morinville residents came out to two 2014 Budget Open Houses Feb 18 and 19. Town staff and Council members were on hand for both evenings to answer questions about the budget process and provided information on several programs and services run by the town… […]
by Stephen Dafoe
Edmonton – After a win and a loss over the Family Day weekend, the Morinville Jets took to the road Wednesday night for the third and deciding game in a best-of-three round one playoff series with the Beverly Warriors. Despite coming from behind as they had in the previous two outings the Jets just could not push the contest to overtime and fell to the Warriors 3-2… […]
Open Houses looks at budget
Morinville held the first of two public open houses on the 2014 Budget Tuesday night at the Morinville Community Cultural Centre. Residents had the opportunity to ask their questions and offer their input on a number of proposed projects, including $1 million allocated to move forward with a new arena… […]
Our weekly print edition will be at our more than 100 locations in Morinville, Cardiff and Legal Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday, and in rural mailboxes Wednesday as well… […]
Our Morinville is an opportunity to view life through our community members’ lenses. Photos can be of this and surrounding communities, cool photos from places our readers have visited… […]
A reader of my column give me some ideas this week about Olmypic events and places we could use for them if Morinville ever got to host the Winter Olympics. Here’s some of their ideas and some of mine too… […]
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