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Local Sports

Jets defeat Chiefs

By MorinvilleNews.com Staff

Morinville – The Morinville Jets built from a solid first period Sunday night to defeat the visiting Beaumont Chiefs 4-2. The majority of Jets’ goals were scored in the first period, including a short-handed contribution from Brady McCorriston. The Jets pulled ahead from their first period 3-1 lead to gain one and let one past in the remaining two frames… […]

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Editorial & Opinion

Editorial: Be heard or be taxed

It’s budget time in Morinville and rather than decide how our money is going to be spent, our elected officials are leaving those decision up to us. They’re going to hold a couple open houses this week, bus in seniors and hire babysitters so mom and dad can come to see our politicians and tax dollars in action… […]

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Editorial & Opinion

Letter: Reader ponders concept of community

Dear editor:

What is community? Well according to the dictionary, a community is: a social group of any size whose members reside in a specific locality, share government, and often have a common cultural and historical heritage. Well OK, if the book says so, but that’s a pretty vague description… […]

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Local News

Monday Morning News – November 14 edition

The Nov. 14 first year anniversary issue of Monday Morning News hits store counters and shelves Monday morning. This week’s issue is 36 pages of news views and things to see and do in Morinville. For those unable to get a copy … […]

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Arts & Culture

Award winning fantasy and sci fi author coming to Morinville

By Robert Jump

Morinville – The third instalment of the Morinville Public Library’s Centennial Author Series takes place Thursday night at the Community Cultural Centre with an appearance and reading from award-winning fantasy and science fiction author Jo Walton. The Welsh-Canadian author of nine novels is the highest profile author to make an appearance in Morinville since the series began this past summer… […]

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Local News

Morinville RCMP to host 10th Citizen’s Academy

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Morinville RCMP detachment is inviting anyone age 16 and over to apply to attend the 10th RCMP Citizen’s Academy which will start on January 23rd, 2012 and run for 10 Mondays. The Academy is a set of presentations designed to increase communication with the police and understanding among residents of the Morinville… […]

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Local News

RCMP hosting Family Violence Prevention event

By MorinvilleNews.com Staff

Morinville – The Sturgeon County Family Violence Prevention Program will host two 90-minute Family Violence Prevention events this month: the first in Redwater, the second in Morinville. Both events seek to discuss the issue of family violence in the area, and provide participants with information on where they can go and what they can do to stop the violence… […]

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Local News

D-Day veteran recognized by Morinville Legion

By Lucie Roy

Morinville – The presentation held on Remembrance Day in Morinville was for a 65 year service pin for 96 year-old Charter member Charles Pelletier. Pelletier was also awarded a Certificate of Merit, which read, “For establishing the Branch and providing continuous commitment of support and inspiration to RCL Br. 176 Morinville by 65 years of … […]

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Local News

Morinville Remembers – Remembrance Day 2011 Photos

Morinville Remembers
And so we tied our ribbons of yellow, wore our poppies of red, and laid our wreaths of green. We did it because it was all we could do. And because it was all we could do, it was what we must do. And so we did – in memory of Master Corporal Byron Greff in Morinville, Master Corporal Erin Doyle in Legal and for the other 156 soldiers killed in Afghanistan over the last decade. We did it for the countless thousand Canadians killed in WWI… […]

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Morinville News

Fallen Morinville soldier to be featured in documentary

By MorinvilleNews.com Staff

Morinville – The memory of fallen Morinville soldier Master Corporal Byron Greff will continue to be at the forefront in Morinville well past Friday’s Remembrance Day ceremonies with the current yellow ribbon campaign and the airing of a documentary during the upcoming Lite Up the Nite Christmas celebrations… […]

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Local News

St. Jean Baptiste Festival looking to sustain itself

By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – St. Jean Baptiste Festival Chair Paul Smith brought his concept for as more self-sufficient summer festival to Morinville Town Council Nov. 8. The vision for that festival would be to see the annual summer event flow as freely through the streets of Morinville as the musician and business owner’s hair flows through the breeze… […]

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Local News

Council gives 2012 budget first reading

By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – Councillors voted unanimously in favour of first reading of the 2012 Operational Budget and Capital Plan Tuesday night, dispensing with any discussion of the financial picture for next year other than a preamble by Mayor Lloyd Bertschi on how the Town was taking a different process this year… […]

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Local News

Around the Town midweek edition

The were plenty of presentations made during Tuesday’s meeting of Morinville Town Council. below are osme of the recognition and presentations captured by our lens… […]

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Local News

Library and museum present budgets to council

By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – Prior to Morinville Town Council passing first reading of the 2012 budget, representatives from the Morinville Public Library and Musée Morinville Museum presented their own budgets to council for consideration. The museum is looking for $82,000 for the coming year, an amount identical to last year’s request. The library is requesting $220,273.28, an increase of $11,372.28 over 2010’s request… […]

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Local News

Morinville Council removes Champion tax incentive

By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – A $60,000 tax break offered to Champion back in 2009 as an incentive to clear the air on its odour problem was removed from the table by Morinville Town Council Tuesday night. Council voted unanimously to a motion made by Councillor Lisa Holmes to withdraw the offer of a $15,000 per annum tax break over a four-year period… […]

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Local News

Morinville Public Elementary School remembers

By S. Buga

Morinville Public Elementary School held its first Remembrance Day ceremony on the morning of November 8th at the Parish Hall. Morinville Mayor Lloyd Bertschi and Sturgeon School Division Superintendent Michéle Dick attended the event which opened with the singing of O Canada, led by the Headstart students… […]