Arts & Culture
Morinville schools take gold in festival
By Lucie Roy
St. Albert – Music students from Primeau and MCHS took to the stage of the Arden Theatre on Wednesday in the St. Albert Rotary Music Festival… […]
Month: April 2012
Morinville News
MCHS New Orleans mission trip a success
By Stephen Dafoe
Morinville – Twenty-one Morinville Community High School students spent their spring break in New Orleans to learn a bit about the history and culture of the region and to offer a lot of help to those affected by Hurricane Katrina which devastated the area in 2005… […]
Morinville News
Morinville shines during Earth Hour
By MorinvilleNews.com Staff
Morinville – It was lights off in Morinville Mar. 31 during Earth Hour. The community ranked seventh in FortisAlberta’s top ten communities who powered down for environmental reasons… […]
Legal
Legal wins Big Valley Jamboree contest
By Stephen Dafoe
Legal – Big Valley Jamboree’s Small Town Saturday Night contest came to an end Tuesday night with the announcement Legal was the contest winner. The announcement was made at the Travel Alberta Growing Rural Tourism Awards Dinner in Camrose… […]
Local News
All Candidates Forum set for Apr. 16
By Robert Jump
Morinville – Five provincial candidates looking to fill the shoes left behind by retiring Barrhead-Morinville-Westlock MLA Ken Kowalski will get their chance to win over Morinville voters Apr. 16 at an All Candidates Forum being organized by The Morinville News and moderated by the Morinville Toastmasters club… […]
Editorial & Opinion
Column: Clayton speaking: Which flavour are you going to choose?
By Clayton Rosaasen
With summer peering around the corner, not quite here yet, evidenced in the recent snow dump, but certainly coming, one can picture a group of youngsters looking at the ice cream menu trying to figure out what flavour to make a mess with. Now making a mess may be the operative word in more ways than one as you finish this column… […]
Morinville News
Little Warriors to offer sex abuse prevention session in Morinville
By Stephen Dafoe
Morinville – Stewards of Children is a three-hour session on child sexual abuse prevention being offered free of charge Apr. 12 at the Morinville Community Cultural Centre. The program is being conducted by Little Warriors, and the Town of Morinville’s Family and Community Support Services Department (FCSS) will be picking up the tab for those community members interested in taking the program… […]
Editorial & Opinion
Editorial: It’s time to pay the piper, Morinville
The Town of Morinville throws a big party once a year to recognize all the people who volunteer in the community by serving on boards, coaching kids in sports, hosting events, and all the other things that people do to make this community…well a community… […]
Editorial & Opinion
Guest editorial: Maureen Kubinec, PC candidate
Editor’s Note: As in the 2010 municipal election, MorinvilleNews.com’s editorial policy is to open our editorial pages to one guest editorial from each candidate during the election… […]
Local News
Autism not well understood
By Stephen Dafoe
Morinville – Brooke Levesque looks like any other 12-year-old girl at Georges H. Primeau School, but her penchant for wearing bright pink construction headphones sets her apart from many girls her age. The headphones help Brooke block out unwanted noises when she goes swimming or shopping with her family, noises that can cause behaviours that make Brooke look less like other 12-year-old girls… […]
Arts & Culture
Rend rocks Morinville families with all-ages show [PHOTOS/VIDEO]
By Stephen Dafoe
Morinville – Rock-pop band Rend brought their No Lines tour to the Morinville Community Cultural Centre Saturday night for an all-ages show in support of youth programming in the community…. […]
Legal
Sturgeon Foundation moving ahead with two projects
By MorinvilleNews.com Staff
Morinville – The Sturgeon Foundation, who operates seniors’ lodges in the area, announced Friday it would be moving ahead with two capital projects, thanks to grants from the provincial government… […]
Local News
Local Legion members attend rally
By Lucie Roy
Onoway – Legionnaires from around the region gathered in Onoway over the weekend for a rally. The Morinville Legion had 13 Branch and one Ladies Auxiliary member in attendance. The annual Rally includes Legion and Ladies Auxiliary members from the Branches in Whitecourt… […]
Local News
The weekend in pictures
Compiled by MorinvilleNews.com Staff
From horn blowing to snow blowing, Morinville had a varied weekend Mar. 30 to Apr. 1. Here’s what our cameras caught this weekend… […]
Morinville News
Monday Morning News – April 2 edition
The April 2 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 weekly community magazine… […]
Local News
Police briefs
Morinville resident charged with dangerous driving
Leduc Integrated Traffic Services clocked a 2010 black Chevrolet Camaro travelling at 215 kilometres per hour early Friday morning on southbound Highway II… […]