By Stephen Dafoe
Morinville – Although it may seem hard to believe with grass and gardens still covered in snow, spring is here and running towards us. Later this spring the Town of Morinville will lace up the joggers on a new program to get people running. The program will begin in May but the Town is taking registrations now… […]
By Morinville News Staff
Legal – Police are looking for the people who broke into the Town of Legal Public Works Yard early Thursday morning.
RCMP say an unknown individual or individuals entered the yard around 3:30 a.m. Mar. 21 after cutting the lock that secured the gate. Some vehicles parked in the yard were rummaged through… […]
From top: Jaylaa Cattaruzza, Shakira Hall and Leigh Anne Stelter conclude their performance at the 19th Annual Georges H. Primeau Talent Show. Seventy-nine students participated in this year’s show, held Mar. 21 on the final day of school. See more photos on pages 14 and 15. – Stephen Dafoe Photo… […]
Hurry Hard and learn to curl
The Morinville Curling Club will be giving residents a chance to learn a bit about curling this weekend. The club will hold an open house Saturday from 9 a.m to 1 p.m. at the rink… […]
By Stephen Dafoe
Edmonton – Three days after announcing the Wildrose Caucus Foundation, a registered fund that will see charities benefit from the 8 per cent pay hike MLAs received last year, the foundation has chosen Little Warriors as its first recipient.
Wildrose Leader Danielle Smith announced Thursday the Caucus Foundation would donate $25,000 to the sexual abuse prevention group, monies to be used towards their Be Brave Ranch, a centre that would provide a 30-day in-treatment program for children who are victims of sexual… […]
By Stephen Dafoe
Morinville – Four students from Morinville Community High School will spend their spring break going through the same activities would-be police officers go through during depot training. Grade 11 students Donovan Jarvis, Amy Leung, Josh Wilson and Chris Wood will spend a week at Bellerose High School taking part in the St. Albert RCMP’s Youth Academy. Sixteen students from Bellerose High, Sturgeon Composite, Ecole Secondaire Sainte Marguerite d’Youville, Alexandre Tache and Paul Kane High School will join the four MCHS students… […]
Our weekly print edition will be at our more than 100 locations in Morinville, Cardiff and Legal Wednesday morning. This week’s edition is 24 pages of local relevant news… […]
Well the editor got upset with me the other night on the Facebook because I told him I had no ideas for this week’s column and that I was going to be late with it. He called me a bunch of names he’d never print in the paper, but that’s the kind of #@$% that he is. So I decided I’d just go through all his online stories and make comments about what’s going on in town… […]
Discussion about Senate reform is nothing new and it’s a discussion our Conservative Government has never backed away from. Canadians rightly expect fairness and accountability in the full range of government institutions that serve them… […]
Last week’s Council meeting left many of us in the gallery shaking our heads at the motion Councillor David Pattison made to financially support Safe Grad with public money. It was defeated 3-1 because the remaining members of Council had the good sense to realize what a boneheaded idea it was… […]
By Stephen Dafoe
Morinville – Singer, songwriter, performer and Juno Award nominee are a few of the hats children’s entertainer Mary Lambert wears. Lambert will be bringing her high-energy show to the Morinville Community Library Mar. 27.
Lambert has performed more than 3,000 shows since beginning her career 20 years ago. Those performances have included libraries, schools and music festivals. Over the past two decades she had released a dozen CDs and two DVDs of her live concert performances… […]
Show Review By Ashley Janes
Photos and Video By Stephen Dafoe
Last Friday night an excited crowd gathered at the Morinville Community Cultural Centre to watch the first magic show the venue had ever hosted. The illusionist was Ted Outerbridge and the production, Clockwork Mysteries, had generated a lot of interest in the weeks leading up to the show date. Like all witnesses to an illusion, the town wanted to know: how does he do it? … […]
By Lucie Roy
The 21 Annual Morinville Fish and Game Association Brag Night was held Saturday night at the Morinville Community Cultural Centre with
close to 300 in attendance. The brag night is the biggest fundraiser of the year for the Morinville Fish and Game Asociation… […]
Duck Dynasty
Hunter Fabbro competes in the timed Spam Sculpting contest Friday. He was also one of the final two in the best costume contest.
The Primeau Student School Council held Duck Dynasty Days events last week… […]
By Stephen Dafoe
Morinville – It’s not uncommon to roll up your sleeve to give a little blood and get a little cookie after you are done. But a local restaurateur is looking to give first time blood donors something that will stick to their ribs.
Marck Halabi of Sal’s Famous will be fixing up first time blood donors to the Mar. 26 clinic with a free burger and fries… […]
By Lucie Roy
Sturgeon County – Canadian bestselling author and Holocaust survivor Dr. Eva Olsson spoke to students, parents and guests at Camilla School Thursday. Mrs. Olsson used her life experience to bring a message of love, compassion and unconditional acceptance.
She illustrated the power of hate with a video and slide presentation of Hitler and the concentration camps and how 11 million people’s voices were silenced by hate… […]
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