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Arts & Culture

Illusionist dazzles Morinville before show begins

Illusionist Ted Outerbridge levitates his on and off stage partner Marion Outerbridge Wednesday afternoon outside the Morinville Community Cultural Centre. The Outerbridges will be performing Friday night at 7:30 p.m. […]

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Local News

Community briefs

Watching the bucks
Sturgeon County Peace Officer Ken Lauinger presented Sturgeon Rural Crime Watch President Roger Nykipilo with a $1,000 cheque at the crime watch organization’s Annual General Meeting held Tuesday night at the Provincial Building…. […]

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Morinville News

School zones focus of enforcement during fourth quarter

By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – Motorists’ wallets were left a little flusher with cash in the fourth quarter of 2012. Integrated Traffic Services Ltd. (ITS), Morinville’s automated traffic enforcement contractor reported a 63 per cent reduction in tickets issued in 2012 compared to the same period in 2011…. […]

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Local News

Morinville Council Briefs

Tawatinaw talks

A tie vote defeated Councillor David Pattison’s motion to provide a letter of support to Community Futures Tawatinaw Region’s (CFTR) to aid them in their request to Western Economic Diversification Canada to include the City of St. Albert within their region… […]

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Morinville News

Willis receives Diamond Jubilee Medal

By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – Royal Canadian Legion Alberta – N.W.T. Command Deputy District 8 Commander Wayne Willis was presented the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal by Westlock-St. Paul Member of Parliament Brian Storseth in Morinville Council Chambers Mar. 12…. […]

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Morinville News

Government of Canada funds St. Jean Baptiste Church project

By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – It was a big day for Father Ignacy Warius and members of St. Jean Baptiste Parish Tuesday afternoon. After several months of sitting on pins and needles waiting to hear about a grant to save the historic steeple, Westlock-St. Paul Member of Parliament Brian Storseth arrived at the church with the good news the federal government had approved their grant request. The church will receive $250,000 through a Western Diversification Grant, a federal program that is available to a maximum of $250,000. Storseth confirmed the grant on behalf of the Honourable Lynne Yelich, Minister of State for Western Economic Diversification… […]

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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 local relevant news. … […]

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Editorial & Opinion

Column: Joe Morinville

I feel like that kid in that Six Cents movie that Bruce Willis made a few years ago. I see dead people. Not really sure why they named that movie after pocket change, but that don’t change the fact a lot of famous people died lately. Thing about getting older is when some famous person you know of for a long time croaks, you kind of check your own pulse to make sure your still walking among the living… […]

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Local Sports

Morinville Road Runners are three time champions

By Serge Froment

Morinville – The Morinville Youth Basketball Association sent three teams to Youth Provincials this past weekend. The Mini Boys, coached by Jody Hessel, and the Bantam Girls, coached by Serge Froment, represented Morinville at the games. Both teams enjoyed their first visit to provincials knowing there are many more to come…. […]

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Morinville News

Morinville Farmers’ Market changes hands to grow with community

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Morinville – When tables at the Morinville Farmers’ Market get loaded with locally produced produce and products this summer it will be a different group managing the operation behind the scenes. The Friends of the Morinville Public Library voted Mar. 7 in favour of handing the weekly market over to the Morinville Festival Society to allow the market to continue the growth it has experienced over the past few years… […]

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Editorial & Opinion

MLA Column – Changes made to Farm Fuel Benefit Program

BY Maureen Kubinec
MLA Barrhead-Morinville-Westlock

On March 7, our government tabled a budget that includes some tough measures to address our province’s current fiscal situation.
One of those measures is the removal of the Farm Fuel Distribution Allowance portion of the Alberta Farm Fuel Benefit Program. The 6-cent-per-litre Farm Fuel Distribution Allowance, which was unique to Alberta… […]