Arts & Culture
Art Club hosting Longest Day Painting
The Morinville Art Club will celebrate the summer solstice by spending the longest day of daylight painting in the park. […]
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Arts & Culture
Museum receives church organ for display
The Musée Morinville Museum recently received a new item with local historical significance – a church organ used in St. Jean Baptiste Church before the restoration of the original 1925 Casavant Freres tubular pneumatic organ. […]
Arts & Culture
Pokémon was a GO in the park – returns next weekend
The Morinville Festival Society held a Pokémon GO event in St. Jean Baptiste Park Saturday afternoon, not only drawing plenty of Pokémon but also those trying to catch them. The event, a fundraiser for the society, included a hot dog concession stand. […]
Arts & Culture
County couple bringing music to the park
The late afternoon storm that blew through Morinville Thursday cancelled the first of three Music in the Park events. Jan and Jim Baker were to bring the first of their Summer Music in the Park events to Town July 23; however, the event has been tentatively rescheduled for July 30. The event will feature singer/songwriter Jan Baker and Canadiana singer/songwriter John Spearn beneath the clock tower for 90 minutes of music. In addition to providing an evening of summer entertainment, the free concerts are in aid of the Morinville Food Bank Society. […]
Local News
Canada Day in Morinville to be a family affair
The flags are flying above Main Street in preparation for the Morinville Historical and Cultural Society’s annual Canada Day in the park event running Wednesday from noon until 3 p.m.
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Arts & Culture
Historical and Cultural Society to host their fifth Canada Day in SJB Park family event
Red and white will be proudly displayed July 1 when the Morinville Historical and Cultural Society raise the flag in honour of Canada’s 148th birthday. The Society picked up the ball on a dormant Canada Day festival in 2011 and are now planning their fifth event. […]
Local News
Town relights the Light of Peace
In a unanimous decision, Council has decided to relight the Light of Peace in the Saint Jean Baptiste Park 24 hours a day to commemorate the service of Canada’s veterans, service people currently serving in Canada, the conflict against ISIS/ISIL in the Middle East, as well to honor the hope and struggle for peace. […]
Arts & Culture
Canada Day in the Park ready for fourth year
by Morinville News Staff
Morinville – Red and white will be proudly displayed July 1 when the Morinville Historical and Cultural Society raise the flag in honour of Canada’s 147th birthday. After an absence of many years, the society took on a community Canada Day celebration in 2011 and grew the event in 2012 and 2013… […]
Morinville News
Morinville Canada Day in photos … and Legal
The Morinville Historical and Cultural Society hosted their annual Canada Day in the Park event Monday afternoon, an event that filled St. Jean Baptiste Park with families out to celebrate Canada’s 146th birthday. – Photos By Stephen Dafoe and Lucie Roy… […]
Morinville News
Downtown trees come down
Photos by Lucie Roy and Stephen Dafoe
Morinville – The sound of chainsaws have been heard in downtown Morinville this week as the Town of Morinville has begun a $35,000 project to remove, trim and plant trees in the community. The monies allotted for in the 2012 budget will mostly be used for purchase and planting; however, $10,000 is to be used to employ an arborist to trim and prune larger trees.,, […]