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Holmes appointed last Deputy Mayor for this Council term Councillor Lisa Holmes was sworn in as Deputy Mayor Apr. 23 […]
Month: April 2013
Morinville News
Evans Sturgeon County Volunteer of the Year
By Lucy Roy
Sturgeon County Volunteer of the Year Susan Evans is flanked by Mayor Don Rigney and Councillor Tom Flynn at the Sturgeon County
Volunteer Appreciation Evening held Tuesday night. Evans was nominated by the Cardiff Community Club and supported by Sturgeon Adult Learning Council, the Morinville Rotary Club and community members. Evans is Chairperson of the MCHS Council, secretary with the Rotary Club of Morinville, a member on the Youth Strategy Committee… […]
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Emergency Management Bylaw passes first reading
By Stephen Dafoe
Morinville – A new Emergency Management Bylaw, designed to better fit a more comprehensive emergency management model created by the province and the Alberta Emergency Management Agency (AEMA), passed first reading Apr. 23.
The proposed bylaw would provide authorization and direction to Council to deal with emergencies in the community, including declaring a … […]
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The day in photos
Councillor Lisa Holmes was sworn in as Deputy Mayor Apr. 23 and is the last member of Council to be appointed to the position before the fall municipal election. Morinville Councillors have been appointed to the position through the past two-and-a-half years, each serving in the post for six months. Holmes’ appointment runs from Apr. 23 until Election Day, Oct. 21. … […]
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Town continuing work on South Glens flooding
By Stephen Dafoe
Morinville – Rising waters on 97 Street and 79 Avenue in South Glens prompted many phone calls to Town of Morinville offices Tuesday as well as a visit from Edmonton’s CTV to investigate the matter.
Melting snow caused a storm pond in the Morinville subdivision to overflow and make its way into the intersection of the two streets as well as backyards. That water had risen to the edge of driveways by Tuesday morning. As of 3 p.m. Tuesday afternoon, Town Administration indicated the waters were already receding and that they would be continuing to work through the night to reduce them more… […]
Editorial & Opinion
Column: Joe Morinville
Went and seen that Oblivion movie Saturday afternoon because it’s got Tom Cruise in it and I never cared for Tom Cruise but I keep given him the chance to make up for all his movies that weren’t very good. Here’s my thoughts on this one… […]
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Wednesday Print Edition Download
Our weekly print edition will be at our more than 100 locations in Morinville, Cardiff and Legal Tuesday afternoon or Wednesday morning. This week’s edition is another 24 pages of local relevant community news… […]
Local Sports
Morinville Jets gather to recognize their successes
By Morinville News Staff
Morinville – The Junior B Morinville Jets gathered at the Morinville Curling Club Saturday night to reflect on the Capital Junior Hockey League’s 2012/2013 season. The annual year-end dinner and awards night was an opportunity to recognize the club’s accomplishments over the year, recognize the players that rose to the top, and pay further respect to the memory of Nick McRae (No. 11) who passed away in September of 2012… […]
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Local restaurant bringing a taste of Lebanon to town
By Stephen Dafoe
Morinville – Alexis Steak & Pizza will be tossing away their menu for the evening May 4 to bring residents a little baklava and a lot of belly dancing. The newly-renovated restaurant’s Arabian Night will start at 7:30 p.m. and co-owner George Akle said tickets to the limited seating event are going well. […]
Editorial & Opinion
Letter: A different kind of smell?
Well! Champion Petfoods has its well-deserved and hard earned $5,400 in fines waived. Lots of people are upset.
We are informed by CAO Debbie Oyarzun that “Champion has agreed to stay the course, and the Town has agreed to stay the previously issued tickets.”… […]
Arts & Culture
SJB Festival looking to spread the joy by spreading it out a bit
By Morinville News Staff
Morinville – This year’s St. Jean Baptiste (SJB) Festival is looking to give attendees more bang for the buck, even though many of the events are free once again. Festival Chair Paul Smith said the Morinville Festival Society is looking to keep the festival as big as it has been in the past, but the plan is to spread the events more evenly over the three days allotted to this year’s summer festival… […]
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Boisvert the fastest baby in Morinville
Photos By Stephen Dafoe
Morinville – The Morinville News Baby Crawl closed Sunday’s entertainment at the Morinville and District Chamber of Commerce’s Leap Into Spring Expo Sunday afternoon. The event, sponsored by Morinville News, Neighbors Vitamin Shop and Higher Grounds Espresso Bar, drew five competitors this year… […]
Arts & Culture
Morinville business community gathers the talent
Photos By Stephen Dafoe
Morinville – The Morinville and District Chamber of Commerce Leap Into Spring Expo filled the arena and curling club with a wide variety of business over the weekend, but the community filled the stage with a wide variety of talent…. […]
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Volunteer Appreciation week underway in Morinville
By Stephen Dafoe
Morinville – Building on the theme Volunteers Cast a Beautiful Shadow, the Town of Morinville will be spending the week showing how volunteers spread throughout the community like a shadow across a field… […]
Editorial & Opinion
Progressive Views: Preamble Babble
By Tristan Turner
Over the weekend of Apr. 13, federal New Democrats held their bi-annual policy convention in Montréal. The convention was host to many policy changes, but in the eyes of the media, the most noticeable policy vote was on the preamble of the party’s constitution… […]
Editorial & Opinion
Column: Here’s to our local superheroes
By Stephen Dafoe
Superman’s 75th birthday came and went last Thursday. Three quarters of a century have passed since Action Comics No. 1 was published, a funny book that brought the world one of its most iconic characters… […]