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Morinville News

Contest puts the snowman in Morinville’s Snowman Festival

By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – Families have a couple weeks to take advantage of the snow that has accumulated in their yards this winter. Judging for the annual Snowman Festival Competition will take place on Family Day (Feb. 18) and organizers are hoping prizes of $200, $100 and $50 in gift vouchers will provide extra incentive for Morinville families to get out and get creative in the snow… […]

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Local Sports

Morinville Jets end their streak

By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – After an undefeated streak that ran for eight consecutive games in January, the Morinville Jets suffered back-to-back defeats over the weekend. The Jets fell 6-1 to the St. Albert Merchants Friday night and lost 8-6 to the Beverly Warriors on Sunday… […]

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Local News

The weekend in photos

Peter Davies took his dogs Teeka and Milo for a walk at the Morinville Fish and Game Association pond trail Friday afternoon. Temperatures on the plus side of zero brought a lot of people out to enjoy the day. – Stephen Dafoe Photo… […]

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Editorial & Opinion

MLA Column: Alberta moves to protect electricity consumers

By Maureen Kubinec, MLA Barrhead-Morinville-Westlock

Electricity rates can be a concern for Albertans, especially month-to-month price volatility and the cost of new transmission lines.
On January 29, the Alberta government released new actions to make sure Albertans are paying the lowest electricity rates possible in a fair and competitive market. Those who are currently on the regulated rate option… […]

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Editorial & Opinion

Healthy Routes: When does heart disease begin?

We are familiar with the vocabulary of heart disease –the words heart attack, angina, triple or quadruple bypass surgery, angioplasty, and stents are heard more and more frequently when discussing the health of family, friends, neighbours or co-workers. We are all advised… […]

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Editorial & Opinion

Column: From the Desk of Financial Services

Did you know that you can take advantage of the Town’s monthly payment plan for your property taxes? Rather than paying your taxes in a single payment in June of each year, you can arrange with us to take one twelfth of your taxes directly out of your bank account on the 16th of each month… […]

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Arts & Culture

Suzie Vinnick evening to mix romance with the blues

By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – The Morinville Community Cultural Centre is doing something a little different this Valentine’s Day; offering couples a romantic evening out with dinner and a show. Blues and roots music performer Suzie Vinnick’s concert will be preceded by a dinner prepared by Chef Doug Adsit, owner of the Green Bean.

Vinnick is an award-winning and Juno-nominated Canadian musician with several albums to her credit. Best known for her album Mabel ‘N Me, Vinnick has recently released Live at Bluesville, an album recorded in Washington, DC… […]

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Local Sports

Morinville student off to play ball in Cuba

By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – A Georges H. Primeau Grade 7 student is packing his bags for an opportunity to play baseball where it is a little warmer. Twelve-year-old Morgan Melchert leaves Friday for Cuba where he and his teammates will play against local ball clubs from Veradero, Matanzas and Havana.

The good will trip is being organized by the St. Albert Minor Baseball Association’s (SAMBA) PeeWee AA cardinals, and allows the boys an opportunity to visit fellow ball players and to help… […]

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Editorial & Opinion

Column: Electricity consumers can expect price hike

After mysteriously holding the report under wraps for nearly six months, the Alberta Government finally released the Retail [Electricity] Market Review Committee’s report to the public on Jan. 29. Upon releasing the report, the government accepted two of the report’s 41 recommendations immediately. They accepted 33 recommendations in principle, and rejected six recommendations outright… […]

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Editorial & Opinion

Letter: Tax bubbles?

Editor:

How does Morinville’s residential municipal tax rate compare? How competitive are we in the region? (All the data that follows comes from Alberta Municipal Affairs)… […]

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Morinville News

Morinville’s Champion Petfoods finalist for major business award

By Morinville News Staff

Morinville – The Alberta Chamber of Commerce have identified Champion Petfoods LP as a finalist for the Alberta Business Awards of Distinction. Champion has been nominated and chosen as a finalist in the award’s Export Category. The company is also eligible for the Premier’s Award of Distinction… […]

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Morinville News

Wayward backhoe leads to arrest

By Morinville News Staff

Sturgeon County – An alert worker provided police with the information needed to recover a backhoe believed stolen from the Stony Plain / Spruce Grove area Monday night. Morinville RCMP received a call just after midnight Jan. 28 alerting them to a backhoe being driven erratically on Range Road 270 northbound… […]

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Arts & Culture

The day in photos – midweek edition

Passing the torch
Kelsie Sharun, Morinville’s new youth worker, poses with current youth worker Nick Valcourt Tuesday afternoon, her first day on the job. Sharun joins the Community Services department on a part-time basis. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Human Ecology combined with an education degree, and works as a Project Coordinator with Nature Alberta. Valcourt leaves his post Thursday to begin teaching English in South Korea… […]

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Editorial & Opinion

Column: Joe Morinville

I started to talk about the penny a couple weeks ago, but I got side tracked thinking about all the other stuff they stopped making. With them starting to collect in all the pennies starting Monday, I’m wondering if it was the right decision… […]