Local News
Festival weekend markets see double
by Morinville News Staff
Morinville – Those hitting the streets of Morinville this festival weekend will have an opportunity to do some of their Christmas shopping at two festival markets… […]
Morinville News
The week in photos – midweek edition
Tabs for chairs
Morinville Lions Club member Francis Fryters receives a bucket of pop can tabs from Sturgeon Heights student Tamara Deib while Principal Jonathan Konrad thanks her for her efforts. The tabs are being collected to raise funds for wheelchairs. The new principal has endorsed the project and ensured that it would continue. In his presentation Tuesday night, Fryters spoke of the previous collections of can tabs and how it was instrumental in two Morinville students… […]
Morinville News
Council motions for Cardiff Corner task force
by Ashley Janes
Morinville – On Tuesday, Nov. 26, Council passed a motion to put together a Terms of Reference in order to create a task force, which would advocate on behalf of timely construction of a Cardiff Corner Overpass.
Prior to making the motion, Mayor Lisa Holmes wanted to clarify a few points regarding the recent decision to install traffic lights at the Highway 2 intersection. The first was that the decision rested solely with Alberta Transportation, as they are the authority for that road… […]
Editorial & Opinion
Column: Joe Morinville
So youse can see from all the fussing and fuming about what the province is doing to make Cardiff Road safer and all the happiness about this weekend’s festival, I got shafted on my column space this week and the publisher comes to me and says I needs to do a shorter one. I told him it ain’t the province what needs to rethink… […]
Local News
Nov. 27 Print Edition Download
Our weekly print edition will be at our more than 100 locations in Morinville, Cardiff and Legal Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday…. […]
Morinville News
Morinville Mayor elected to advocate for Towns East
by Ashley Janes
Morinville – Mayor Lisa Holmes was elected to the Alberta Urban Municipalities Association (AUMA) for a two-year term as Director of Towns East during the 2013 Convention and Annual General Meeting held in Calgary Nov. 19 t- 22. “As the Director of Towns East, I will represent 35 Towns on the AUMA Board of Directors. These include Towns East of Highway 2 and North of Innisfail,” Holmes said… […]
Local Sports
Annual alumni game part of festival
by Stephen Dafoe
Morinville – Jets rookies, veterans and alumni take to the ice over two games in two days this weekend in what has been a highly anticipated annual tradition. This weekend’s Light up the Night Festival will include both an opportunity for former Morinville Jets to show they still have it and for the current crop of players to show the alumni the Jets brand lives strong… […]
Arts & Culture
Feliz Navi-Dogma puts Christmas spin on show
by Stephen Dafoe
Morinville –It will be a festive Friday at Higher Grounds Espresso Bar Dec. 6. That’s the night the coffee house’s Hot Dogma talent night gets in tune with the season for a Christmas-themed evening of community entertainment called Feliz Navi-Dogma. […]
Morinville News
Father’s House finds new home for offices and youth programing initiatives
by Stephen Dafoe
Morinville – There is a fitting coincidence that La Maison is French for the house. The Morinville Plaza and Suites, formerly known as La Maison, will become home to the Father’s House Christian Fellowship this week, replacing both the office space the church lost when St. Andrews Anglican Church was destroyed by fire last summer, but also restoring space for the church’s popular youth programing initiatives… […]
Arts & Culture
Young local author publishes second book
by Ashley Janes
Morinville – Promising local author, 19-year old Rebecca Bourque will be launching her second novel titled “Life on Karma’s Blacklist” at This and That in Morinville on Saturday, Nov. 30, 2013… […]
Local Sports
All-girl team off to a great first season
by Stephen Dafoe
Morinville – It’s not uncommon to see Atom hockey players taking to the ice at the Ray McDonald Sports Centre each weekend. What is new this year is seeing one of those Atom teams entirely made up of female players. The Atom Female team are in their first season with the Sturgeon Hockey Club and the team’s manager and coaches are excited about the girls’ efforts early on… […]
Editorial & Opinion
Check your mailbox – the Shop in Morinville guide is here
By Stephen Dafoe
Morinville – We believe it pays to Shop in Morinville and the second edition of the Shop in Morinville guide was dropped off at Canada Post Friday afternoon. It will hit your mailbox Monday in Morinville and Tuesday in Legal… […]
Editorial & Opinion
Letter: Some cool cats are looking for a home
Editor:
I am attaching three photos in the hopes that you may help to get the word out. We currently have a dozen kittens under the age of six months ready for adoption (and another abandoned cat gave birth to four new… […]
Local Sports
Sports Shorts
Submitted by Danielle Cyr, Manager
Our team consists of 15 players and two goalies this season that travel from Morinville, Legal, Westlock, Calahoo, Rivière Qui Barre and Wabamun. Many players are new to the AA stream but all are proving themselves as great competitors open to learning and developing their skills. Our boys are playing in the Edmonton Rural Bantam Hockey… […]
Morinville News
Spotlight on Seniors
Lucie Roy Photos
We live in a community where our seniors are an active and integral part of what makes our community great, citizens who give of their time and energy, often helping to remind us all of the secret to keeping that small town feeling that drew so many of us here to Morinville… […]
Arts & Culture
The week in photos
Morinville – It was a busy week of activities with our students and seniors. Below is some of what our cameras turned their lenses on during the week and through the weekend… […]