Morinville News
Morinville Council Briefs
By Morinville News Staff
Temporary Borrowing Bylaw approved
Councillors gave all three readings to a bylaw that will allow them to borrow some money if the need arises… […]
Morinville News
Steeple plight brought before Morinville Council
By Stephen Dafoe Morinville – Members of St. Jean Baptiste Parish brought the plight of Morinville’s oldest church and oldest […]
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Group for GIRLS helping young woman understand themselves
By Stephen Dafoe
Morinville – Zumba music blares from the program room of the Morinville Community Library as more than a dozen girls between the ages of 11 and 18 learn about themselves in a fun way. The Girls in Real Life Situations (GIRLS) program started Oct. 2 and will run for the next five Tuesday evenings, offering young women an opportunity to become more comfortable with who they are in a society that too often tells them they shouldn’t be… […]
Local News
Rendez-Vous Club still serving seniors after 40 years
By Lucie Roy
Morinville – For the past four decades, a local organization has been serving and celebrating Morinville area seniors. But the group is so active with its plans, there is little time to celebrate… […]
Editorial & Opinion
Editorial: An appreciation to our firefighters
A car crashes into another at the corner of Cardiff Road and Highway 2. Within minutes they are there to get the collision victims out of the wrecked vehicles and en route to hospital. A church burns in the night and they are risen from their beds… […]
Editorial & Opinion
Column: Joe Morinville
Joe thinks that E. Coli is important to watch for but there are 10 other items more likely to kill you! […]
Local News
Wednesday Print Edition
Our weekly print edition will be at our more than 100 locations in Morinville, Cardiff and Legal Wednesday morning. This week’s edition is 32 pages of our regular round up of local relevant news. If you are unable to obtain a copy at one of… […]
Local Sports
Basketball alive and well in Morinville
By Stephen Dafoe
Morinville – The Road Runners are about to launch another season of basketball, this time with more teams and players than ever before. After eight years of operation, the organization boasts more than 100 players and eight teams, all competing in the Edmonton Youth Basketball Association.
Road Runners founder and coach Serge Froment said … […]
Editorial & Opinion
Column: From the desk of…
Fire Prevention Week – Safety tips
Time changes mean battery changes in your smoke detectors and carbon monoxide detectors and test them to ensure they are working…. […]
Schools and youth
Morinville hosts Cardboard Challenge on Global Day of Play
By Lucie Roy
Morinville was one of more than 250 communities to host and promote Global Cardboard Challenge events on Global Day of Play. Held Saturday in 25 countries and four continents, Morinville was one of three taking place in Alberta and one of only 12 locations in Canada. The aim was to have cardboard-themed events around the world, all celebrating the creativity and imagination of kids young and old… […]
Editorial & Opinion
Letter: Alberta Party wants more food safety
Dear Editor:
The recent cases of E. coli-related illness and subsequent shutdown of the XL Foods processing plant in Brooks, Alta., clearly show the need to address issues of food safety, and food processing and distribution… […]
Editorial & Opinion
Letter: An open letter to Premier Alison Redford..
An open letter to Premier Allison Redford,
Hello, my name is Brandi Robinson and I am writing to you as a parent in support of Little Warriors, and it’s Be Brave Ranch it is building. I have three children who have come into my life in the past two years through adoption or fostering. Recently I reached out to Little Warriors as a parent of a child who has been sexually abused prior to her placement with me. My middle daughter came to me in … […]
Morinville News
Letter campaign seeks to help sexually abused
By Stephen Dafoe
Morinville – A few months after her adopted daughter moved in with her, Brandi discovered she had been sexually abused in the past. That revelation began a process of healing, lobbying and learning that, while there is much help for predators, there is little to no help for the prey… […]
Local News
Morinville Community Library celebrating Library Month
By Morinville News Staff
Morinville – The Morinville Community Library is in full swing just in time to get into the full swing of Library Month, an annual recurrence that celebrates the joy and value of public libraries… […]
Arts & Culture
Popular children’s performers coming to town
By Stephen Dafoe
Morinville – The Morinville Community Cultural Centre will be filled with song and primary colours later this month when popular children’s performers Splash ‘N Boots take to the stage in their trademark yellow and blue `trimmings. The concert takes place Oct. 19 at 7 p.m… […]
Schools and youth
Morinville Youth in Action once again
By Stephen Dafoe
Morinville – After a series of break-and-enters, the Morinville Youth Centre seems once again ready to open its doors for its intended purpose. Nick Valcourt, Morinville’s youth worker said considerable work has been done to the facility in recent weeks to give it a new lease on life… […]