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Council furious over Civic Plaza cost overruns

By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – A projected $870,000 cost overrun on the over time and over budget Civic Plaza renovation project was not the news Council wanted to hear from representatives of ONPA Architects and Synergy Projects Ltd., the architectural firm and contract management company hired by the Town to renovate the 30-year-old St. Germain Plaza… […]

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Morinville Town Council briefs

By MorinvilleNews.com Staff

Morinville – The lateness of Tuesday night’s council meeting did not allow us time to file full stories on what was discussed at the Feb. 28 meeting; however, here are some updates on what transpired. Our full stories will be published throughout the day Wednesday… […]

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Around the towns – midweek edition

Ooh, ooh that smell
Player, a drug dog with Corrections Service Canada, locates some drugs planted on a Citizen’s Academy member Monday night. Player’s handler, Wayne Bhnisch, presented a 90-minute … […]

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Special Olympics torch passes through Morinville

By MorinvilleNews.com Staff

Morinville – The Special Olympics Canada Winter Games Torch Run made its way through Morinville Tuesday morning, departing from the Morinville RCMP Detachment and making its way to a special ceremony at Morinville Community High School… […]

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Local Sports

Jets need one more to take round 2

By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – After sitting out the first round of Capital Junior Hockey League playoffs, due to their West Division first place finish, the Morinville Jets hit the ice with a vengeance Friday night for game one of a best-of-five series with the Edmonton Mustangs. Despite heavy penalties Friday night the Jets emerged with a 6-1 victory and game one for their troubles. Sunday night’s second game resulted in a 4-2 victory for the Jets, putting the series heavily in the Jets favour… […]

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Monday Morning News – Feb. 27 edition

The Feb. 27 issue of Monday Morning News hits store counters and shelves Monday morning. This week’s issue is 32 pages of news, views and things to see and do in Morinville all bundled up into one… […]

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New business looking to create happy, healthy and calm dogs

By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – Plenty of Morinville residents hit the gym on a regular basis for a little exercise mixed with socialization, but a new business in Morinville’s industrial park is offering some of those same services to dogs. Popular Pooch Daycare & Fitness, located at Unit 2 9802 90 Avenue, is hoping their new facility will make happier, healthier, more balanced and calmer dogs… […]

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Editorial & Opinion

Editorial: A tale of two school systems

We look forward to a day 30 years down the road when The Morinville Catholic High School Rams are taking on the rival Morinville High School Raiders on the football field. Morinville has a population of 25,000 residents, a new recreation complex… […]

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Library fundraiser stacking up

By Lucie Roy

Morinville – Stacks of books are rising in the Morinville Public Library with some familiar names on the spine. For every $100 a person or company donates to the library’s renovation initiative, they can get a book cover with their or someone else’s name on it… […]

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Warm hearts get some cold feet for the homeless

By MorinvilleNews.com Staff

Morinville – It may not have been the coldest night of the year, as the event was called, but it certainly was the heaviest snowfall of the year with approximately 17 centimetres falling Friday night and through the day Saturday. A dozen Morinville and Bon Accord residents trudged through all of that accumulated whiteness for five kilometres Saturday night to raise awareness of the plight of the homeless and to raise money for the Hope Mission in Edmonton… […]

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What’s on this weekend?

Whole lot of chilli goin’ on
The Morinville United church will hold their monthly community supper Friday night from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Chilli is on the menu this month with everything from mild to volcano-like. Meal includes dessert and beverages. Cost is $7.50 for adults, $5 for children under 12… […]

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Editorial & Opinion

Letter: Small town secular education

Editor:

I was surprised and excited to learn of the recent changes that could be made to the legislative act to bring true public, secular education to our tiny community of Legal. The common thinking has been that our town was too small to support it, which was obviously mostly an excuse but one that we’d heard… […]