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Legal

Morinville Sights and Bites – midweek edition

Gone sideways
Morinville RCMP and Morinville Fire and Rescue dealt with a couple jackknifed semis on Highway 2, south of Legal at Township Road 572 Tuesday morning. The situation caused by icy roads… […]

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Morinville News

Food, games and music collide at family dance

By Morinville News Staff

Morinville – Organizers of this Saturday night’s licensed family dance at the cultural centre are looking forward to seeing the facility packed with families out for some good food, good music and good fun. The event is part of Morinville’s Family Day weekend Snowman Festival and takes place Feb. 16 from 5 p.m. to midnight… […]

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Morinville News

Morinville Council adopts code of conduct

By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – Council voted unanimously in favour of adopting a new Code of Conduct Feb. 12, replacing an eight-year-old policy governing how members of Council should go about their private and public business in relation to their role as elected officials… […]

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Morinville News

Council passes new fees for Morinville Community Cultural Centre

By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – Three months after bringing a revised fee schedule to Council for approval, the Morinville Community Cultural Centre was given the green light on their 2013 rate structure. The new rates are the first change since the facility opened its doors in June of 2011 and include significant changes to the rates used in 2012.

In late November Council directed the cultural centre to form an ad hoc committee to review the new rates. The group met Dec. 6 and the new rates were the result of those discussions…. […]

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Local News

Morinville sights and bites

The 2nd Morinville Sparks troop wanted to share the love this Valentine’s Day with Aspen House seniors. The troop visited the facility Feb. 11 and the seniors loved the handmade Valentine cards… […]

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Editorial & Opinion

Column: Joe Morinville

Last week I focused my column on Town gossip. Should have known better because now I have to eat some crow. I said when councillors stopped a bus in a traffic circle in Edmonton so they could get off and take a close look they got stuck there until the bus driver got back. Well I was completely wrong on that one. … […]

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Local Sports

Jets earn back-to-back weekend wins

By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – The Jets came back from a trilogy of February losses to earn back-to-back wins over the weekend. The Jets defeated the Stony Plain Flyers 5-1 Friday night and followed it with a 6-4 victory over the North Edmonton Red Wings Sunday night. The victories brought the club’s record to 23-14-0 and placed them in fifth place in the CJHL’s West Division… […]

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Local Sports

Morinville & Legal Sports Shorts

Sturgeon Hockey Club Player of the Week

Ben Kieser, No. 9, is our SHC Player of the Week. Ben is a valuable member of the Peewee 1 Mustangs; he is a strong and versatile playing both defense and offense in just his third season of hockey… […]

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Arts & Culture

Canadian Legend Charlie Major coming to Morinville

By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – Canadian legend Charlie Major will be performing a midweek show at the Morinville Community Cultural Centre next week. Major is the recipient of seven Canadian Country Music Association awards as well as three Junos Described as more Mellencamp then Merle, Major’s lyrics have long championed the everyday blue collar hero. […]

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Local News

Families being asked to connect by disconnecting

By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – Residents are being asked to use this Family Day to disconnect from technology and connect with themselves, their families and their communities. Family and Community Support Services (FCSS) departments throughout the province are promoting the Family Day Unplugged challenge, and Morinville is offering a number of prizes to those… […]