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Local News

Wednesday Print Edition Download

Our weekly print edition will be at our more than 100 locations in Morinville, Cardiff and Legal Wednesday morning. This week’s edition is 24 pages of our regular round up of local relevant news, including our coverage of the weekend’s Christmas festival. If you are unable to obtain a copy at one of our more than 100 locations,… […]

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Editorial & Opinion

Column: Joe Morinville

Editor’s note: Joe has no theme this week, just a random list of his thoughts – thoughts that seldom seem to have an order or theme to them…. […]

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Arts & Culture

Community Christmas Celebration marks its 34th year

By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – The sounds of the season will once again be ringing from St. Jean Baptiste Church Dec. 20 as the community comes together for the 34th Annual Community Christmas Celebration, an interdenominational Christmas gathering that organizers are hoping will once again bring residents and visitors together…. […]

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Legal

Voters elect two new councillors in Legal

By Stephen Dafoe

Legal – Monday’s by-election has resulted in Carol Tremblay and Ron Sharma being elected from a ballot of eight candidates. Trembley took the majority of votes with 115 cast in her favour. Close behind was Sharma with 109.

Also running in Monday’s by-election were Kurtis Haupman, who received a very close third with 107 votes, Yvonne Bilodeau (Cyr) with 80 votes, Shealene Page with 56 votes, Florence Lamb with 25 votes… […]

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Local Sports

Jets score big win in Sunday road game

By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – After a string of injuries and some rough breaks, the Morinville Jets got a confidence booster Sunday night with a 2-1 overtime victory against the league-leading Spruce Grove Regals. Wayne Gatza earned the game-winning goal shortly after overtime began… […]

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Legal

Morinville sights and bites

Festival Champions
Champion Petfoods President and CEO Frank Burdzy presented Morinville Festival Society Chair Paul Smith with a $20,000 cheque Thursday afternoon, the first of five cheques. The local pet food manufacturer did a telephone survey this summer to help determine where it should be investing its community dollars. The overwhelming response from that survey and… […]

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Local Sports

Sturgeon Minor Hockey Player of the Week: Kellar Greff

COACH KENT SWANSON WRITES:

Kellar Greff, an emerging leader:

On a team made up of all first year novice players, and many first year hockey players, Kellar Greff has shown signs of being a true leader on the SHC Novice 3A Mustangs. His outstanding work ethic and positive attitude makes him a joy to coach… […]

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Arts & Culture

Morinville setting for a new sports novel

By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – It has been many years since author Steven Sandor was the editor of The Morinville Mirror, but the author, journalist and editor has never forgotten the community he once called home. In fact, Morinville is the backdrop in his new novel Playing for Keeps… […]

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Editorial & Opinion

Letter: Re MLA Column

MLA Maureen Kubinec’s Nov. 26th guest column shows what’s wrong with Alberta’s PC government. She states as fact that “One of the regular talking points of the Official Opposition is to claim that after 41 years of Tory rule, the province of Alberta is some grim, dark, horrible place to live.”… […]

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Morinville News

Marvelous Moms looking to adopt local families

By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – What began as a way for a couple local mothers to connect over coffee and over the Internet has expanded to a network of 500 Morinville and area moms who are now uniting for a noble purpose – making sure no family is left behind this Christmas season. The marvellous idea reinforces the groups self-chosen name of Marvelous Moms… […]