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Monday Morning News – Jan. 23 edition
he Jan. 23 issue of Monday Morning News hits store counters and shelves Monday morning. This week’s issue is 24 pages of news, views and things to see… […]
Month: January 2012
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This week’s Community Calendar
The Sturgeon Minor Hockey Peewee C Mustangs won a tournament held in Millet Jan. 15. The Peewees beat Drayton Valley 3-2 in the Gold Medal game. Each player received a gold medal… […]
Arts & Culture
Nine-year-old singer records original song [AUDIO]
By Stephen Dafoe
Morinville – With her hair in a ponytail, dangly earrings in her ears, and dressed in a glittery t-shirt that says SMILE, nine-year-old Alyssa Lincez looks just like any other fourth grader you might meet. But the Georges P. Vanier student has done something few students her age have, written and recorded a song… […]
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Seminar teaches how to respond to wildlife encounters
By Lucie Roy
Morinville – The Rendez-Vous Centre was the venue Wednesday night for the Wildlife Encounter Information Session hosted by Sturgeon County. Topics covered were encounters with coyotes, cougars and bears… […]
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Annual Shredding Day coming soon
By MorinvilleNews.com Staff
Morinville – Next weekend BYOB means bring your own box at H&R Block. Their annual Shredding Day, running from 8:30 a.m. until 3:30 p.m. Jan. 28, is an opportunity for businesses and private individuals to have their confidential documents shred for free by Iron Mountain Shredding… […]
Local News
Around the Town – cold week edition
Compiled by Lucie Roy
A cold week didn’t entirely stop things going on in Morinville and area. Here are some photos our lenses caught this week… […]
Schools and youth
Fun fitness conquers Mission Impossible
By Lucie Roy
Morinville – Students at École Georges P. Vanier and Notre Dame Elementary School are having fun challenging themselves at a Mission Impossible physical education game which consists of an obstacle course and teamwork with the applicable Mission Impossible theme song playing in the background… […]
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Town offering mixed martial arts for youth
By Stephen Dafoe
Morinville – Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) for youth kicks off Wednesday night at the Rooke School of Karate in Morinville. The town-run program is being taught by Morinville’s Community Program Facilitator, Tyler Edworthy, who has been actively involved in the sport for the past three years… […]
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School Views – Notre Dame Elementary
Compiled by Lucie Roy
As Jan. 27 is Family Literacy Day, we visited Notre Dame Elementary School this week to ask students: What is your favourite book(s) and why?… […]
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Lucky Foundation continuing to help the homeless
By Stephen Dafoe
Riviere Qui Barre – A nine-year-old Camilla School student’s mission to help the homeless is continuing on for another year after making an almost $5,000 donation to the Hope Mission in Edmonton just before Christmas… […]
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Library continuing to serve while waiting for new location
Submitted
Morinville – Six months after moving to the basement of the Parish Hall, the Morinville Public Library is still going strong in its mission to serve patrons while renovations are being made to Civic Plaza on 100 Avenue. Although end of year statistics show some lower numbers over 2010 in some areas of library services, there are a number… […]
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Pub robbed in Gibbons
By MorinvilleNews.com Staff
Gibbons – Jinglers Pub in Gibbons was the scene of an armed robbery early Sunday morning. Police say they responded to an armed robbery call at approximately 12:45 a.m. Jan. 15… […]
Local Sports
Jets topple Knights
By Stephen Dafoe
Morinville – The Morinville Jets gave the Sherwood Park knights their second defeat in as many outings Sunday night. The Jets 6-3 win over the league-leading Knights was the club’s third consecutive win and put a cap on a six-point week. Earlier in the week the Jets defeated the Edmonton Royals 6-2 and the Flyers 5-1… […]
Arts & Culture
TorQ brings something completely different to Morinville
By Stephen Dafoe
Morinville – Those expecting garbage cans and dust brooms traversing the stage of the Morinville Community Cultural Centre during the Jan. 13 presentation of TorQ Percussion Quartet would have been disappointed because the quartet is considerably more than a scaled down version of Stomp. What the 60 concert goers who came out to see something a little different got was a highly polished performance that was part symphony, part musical education and part performance art…. […]
Editorial & Opinion
Editorial – We want you to give us $50 – cheques, cash or time accepted
Our two publications provide news to Morinville and area year round at absolutely no cost to readers. Despite the headline to this editorial, we are not suggesting that we are going to start charging readers for either publication. But we do believe MorinvilleNews.com and Monday Morning News are worth… […]
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Monday Morning News – Jan. 16 edition
The Jan. 16 issue of Monday Morning News hits store counters and shelves Monday morning. This week’s issue is 28 pages of news views and things to see and do in Morinville all bundled up into one weekly community magazine. For those unable to get a copy at… […]