By CPO Sergeant James Alaeddine
The winter freeze has turned many sidewalks and roadways into skating rinks, making it difficult and dangerous to get around town. At times, I have witnessed pedestrians walking on the road to avoid the slippery walkways. All persons within the Town that own, control or occupy property that adjoins any sidewalks shall remove (or cause to be… […]
Photos By Stephen Dafoe Morinville – Saturday was a day for families as the Morinville Festival Society launched the first […]
By Stephen Dafoe
Morinville – The audience at the Morinville Community Cultural Centre had their emotions pulled in opposite directions for an hour Thursday night during Jake’s Gift, a multi award-winning Canadian play written and performed by Julia Mackey… […]
The Morinville Festival Society is looking to help families beat the winter blahs by taking one of Canada’s great pastimes indoors. In their first mini-festival outside the annual St. Jean Baptiste Festival, the society is bringing a street hockey skills competition to the cultural centre Jan. 26, tying the event to the Will Stroet children’s concert taking place the same day. The event is sponsored by Champion Petfoods. Look for their referee shirts on festival volunteers… […]
By Stephen Dafoe
Morinville – The Morinville Festival Society will have a little freer rein on how to allocate $35,000 in funding from the Town of Morinville after a 30-minute presentation to Council Jan. 22… […]
Morinville – A month and a half after receiving first reading, Council gave unanimous third and final reading to the Town’s new Traffic Safety Bylaw at the Jan. 22 Council meeting. .. […]
By Stephen Dafoe
Morinville – In 2012 the Government announced it would phase out the penny this year due to the rising costs of minting the coin and the fact large quantities of the coin were sitting inside jars in Canadian households instead of flowing through the country’s cash registers. Estimating an annual savings of $11 million per year, the Government set a transition date of Feb. 4 to begin ridding the country of the penny. That date was shifted from an earlier date to accommodate merchants who felt phasing out the coin over the busy Christmas season would be problematic… […]
By Stephen Dafoe
Morinville will play host to the Third Annual Regional Business Symposium this spring. The annual regional partnership between Gibbons, Bon Accord, Morinville and Sturgeon County will once again carry the theme Together Strengthening the Sturgeon Region, and … […]
By Stephen Dafoe
Morinville – The community will soon be short one peace officer. Community Peace Officer Sergeant James Alaeddine will leave his post Feb. 8 to begin a career with the Edmonton Police Service (EPS).
Alaeddine has been in Morinville for almost three years and said he has enjoyed the experience. “If I were to look back I wouldn’t do anything different,” he said. “I’m so glad I came to Morinville because it not only made me grow as an officer but grow as a person. I found out a lot about myself that I didn’t know, and it’s been great that way… […]
Morinville – Community Services brought forward approximately $8,700 in grant requests from six community groups during the Jan. 22 Council meeting, an amount that surpassed the $5,500 allotted each quarter but fell below the amount left in 2012 program funding… […]
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 local relevant news. If you are unable to obtain a copy at one of our … […]
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In recent days, the Idle No More movement has gained considerable attention. The movement generates a lot of emotion, no matter which side of the highway you stand on. Sometimes facts get lost in the face of emotion… […]
I saw in the online edition last week that our fire chief was down in Scottsdale, Arizona at the Barrett Jackson car auction looking at the Batmobile. It got me thinking about that old show, that old car and other old television and movie cars… […]
By Lucie Roy
Jake’s Gift is the story of a Second World War veteran on his return to Normandy on the 60th anniversary of D-Day. The story tells of how Jake came home and joined a Legion. Many of the young men who were in the war and fortunate to come home joined a Legion… […]
Last weeks Morinville News web poll ended Sunday night and revealed what those who took the poll would like to see at the Morinville Community Cultural Centre… […]
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