Morinville News
Police looking for stolen skid steer
By MorinvilleNews.com Staff
Morinville – RCMP are seeking the public’s assistance in locating a skid steer stolen from a Morinville compounds earlier this week… […]
Local News
Secular Education to be offered in Morinville for 2011 / 2012 school year
Submitted by Greater St. Albert Catholic Regional Division
Morinville – Beginning September, 2011, Sturgeon School Division will be the service provider for secular
education in Morinville, AB. Greater St. Albert Catholic Schools, the Catholic Public School
Division in the Town of Morinville, provides the following background regarding the
development of this program… […]
Local News
Friends of the Morinville Public Library select logo
By MorinvilleNews.com Staff
Morinville – The Friends of the Morinville Public Library have selected their new logo after holding a contest for local graphic designers to design the new visual identity of the group… […]
Province
August long weekend results in more than 3,000 charges
By MorinvilleNews.com staff
Edmonton – Law enforcement was out in full force over the August long weekend, pulling over vehicles on provincial highways for a number of infractions. RCMP and Alberta Sheriffs issued approximately 764 fewer violations than they did during the same weekend in 2010. The holiday weekend netted 3,290 charges this year, compared with 4,054 charges in 2010… […]
Local News
Monday Morning news Aug. 1 Edition
The Aug. 1 edition of Monday Morning News hits store shelves and restaurant counters Monday morning. This week’s edition is 20-pages of Morinville News and views. This week’s issue contains the following news stories… […]
Editorial & Opinion
Letter: Resident disappointed and upset about vandalism
Dear Editor:
I write this today and cannot decide if I am more disappointed than I am upset but for sure I am both. Thursday night some person(s) ripped out my flagpole along with the Canadian flag and some of my solar yard lights, threw them on the lawn of my neighbour two doors down who happens to be retired from the armed forces… […]
Editorial & Opinion
Editorial: We can learn a lot from our youth
My nephew turns 12 on Aug. 2, and like many young men his age he plays too many video games and watches too many zombie movies. But I’m a curmudgeon who believes that previous generations were superior in all respects… […]
Local News
Highway 44 collision takes life
By MorinvilleNews.com staff
Morinville – A multi-vehicle collision on Hwy 44 late Friday afternoon has takent he life of an Edmonton man and sent a 12-year-old girl to hospital by air ambulance… […]
Arts & Culture
Morinville gets inside look at the world of comics
Morinville – The Morinville Public Library hosted the first of its Centennial Author Series Thursday night with Andrew Foley, co-author of Cowboys and Aliens, the graphic novel on which the blockbuster summer movie with Daniel Craig and Harrison Ford is based. Foley was joined by comic and pop culture… […]
Morinville News
Local volunteer continues to help on a global scale
By Stephen Dafoe
Morinville – There is a certain synchronicity in the fact Pleasant Homes service manager Simon Boersma would devote so much of his time in third world countries helping communities establish their own pleasant homes. Boersrma is part of the Flying Doctors of Canada, a non-governmental, non-profit, registered charity made up of doctors, nurses and other healthcare workers as well as general volunteers who are all committed to helping those most in need… […]
Local News
Dog Jog to support stray animal program
By Stephen Dafoe
Morinville – A kitten stretches its paw far outside its cage, reaching out for some human contact. She purrs and then runs her flank along an offered hand, a show of appreciation for the attention being offered. In another room, Marlow leaps and tugs against his leash – not because he is a disobedient dog – but because he is happy in his hopes of making a new human friend. Marlow and the kitten are two of 20-some dogs and cats currently up for adoption at the Morinville Veterinary Clinic, all part of the facility’s stray / rescue program… […]
Local News
Mandatory auto insurance premiums to remain at 2010 levels
By Monday Morning News Staff
Edmonton – The Automobile Insurance Rate Board (AIRB) will hold premiums at 2010 levels for mandatory automobile insurance, the result of the AIRB’s annual review… […]
Morinville News
Council finalizes CAO business
By Stephen Dafoe
Morinville – Councillors met briefly Wednesday night in a special meeting of Morinville Town Council to conclude necessary business resulting from the July 14 dismissal of then Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) Edie Doepker… […]
Arts & Culture
Morinville Best Gardens Competition looking for gardening excellence
By Stephen Dafoe
Morinville – Local gardeners have less than two weeks to register for the Town of Morinville’s Annual Best Garden Competition. Once again this year judges will be looking to reward gardeners for the design and maintenance of their gardens and they are planning to hit yards Aug. 17. As in previous years, the home town pride initiative is about more than blooming flowers and bushes… […]
Editorial & Opinion
Alberta Party weighs in on Morinville issue
Dear Editor:
For months now Morinville parents have been fighting for a basic right that is allowed in every other community in Alberta – to have their child attend a non-religious public school. Recently I was asked by a local resident to help bring provincial awareness to the concerns being expressed by him and others that the Provincial Government has reneged on a commitment made by them to the citizens of Morinville… […]
Morinville News
Secular school plans moving ahead, GSACRD and province say
By Stephen Dafoe
Morinville – Modular school units for a secular program will be in place no later than this December, Greater St. Albert Catholic Regional Division (GSACRD) Superintendent David Keohane said Tuesday morning. The superintendent refuted the notion a delay in their placement has anything to do with a dispute between his division and the province…. […]