The weekend in photos
Photos from around the town this pst weekend. […]
Photos from around the town this pst weekend. […]
Photos by Lucie Roy and Denise Touchette
Morinville – On Saturday morning Denise and Maurice Touchette, along with Gib Boddez and site Supervisor Don Ferguson, climbed 84 feet of stairs to rise as far up the St. Jean Baptiste Church steeple as could be allowed. The Touchettes won the scaffold climb at a recent Rotary Club’s silent auction… […]
By Morinville News Staff
Morinville – The Program Room at the Morinville Community Library will provide the setting for a twice-monthly writers’ workshop that mixes craft and critique in one two-hour session… […]
By Stephen Dafoe
Morinville – Football, wrestling and karate may be three distinctly different sports, but local youth between the ages of 8 and 17 will have the opportunity to try their hand at each during a three-day Multi Sport Camp set for July 29 to 31… […]
By Morinville News Staff
Morinville – Music, magic and dance will surround the Morinville Farmers’ Market July 19, all part of a special day in recognition of the popular product and produce market’s 11th anniversary in Morinville. The festival will combine the talents of amateur and professional performers from the region in a one-day entertainment… […]
By Stephen Dafoe
Morinville – Pleasant Homes co-owner and Morinville and District Chamber of Commerce President Simon Boersma left for El Salvador July 8 to continue the humanitarian work he began at the age of 18 when he began smuggling bibles behind the wall in Eastern Europe.
Today Boersma continues his humanitarian work as part of the Flying Doctors of Canada, a non-governmental, non-profit registered charity made up of general volunteers, doctors, nurses, and other healthcare workers, each committed to helping those most in need… […]
By Stephen Dafoe
Morinville – The Community Services wing of the Morinville Community Cultural Centre is down one employee after Kerry Dawson, the Town’s Director of Community Services, stepped down July 3 to enter retirement. Dawson came to Morinville less than two years ago as the replacement for Susan MacDonald, who left in October of 2011 after accepting a position in Lacombe to be closer to her family.
Dawson’s departure leaves vacant the role of Director of Community Services, a position that oversees the Town’s Community Services programming, the Town’s Family and Community Support Services, and the operation of the Morinville Community Cultural Centre… […]
We’re a community band
Riley Quinn hits the skins during a Morinville Community Band session at the Morinville Community Cultural Centre Wednesday night. The band of Morinville musicians are set to perform at a number of local events over the summer… […]
By Stephen Dafoe
Morinville – The Town of Morinville confirmed Tuesday afternoon that a funeral for Mayor Paul Krauskopf, who died Sunday morning, will be held at St. Jean Baptiste Church Friday, July 5 at 10:15 a.m. Not yet confirmed is a reception to take place after Friday’s funeral at the Morinville Community Cultural Centre.
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Morinville – RCMP members deployed from various detachments were kept very busy at the Boonstock Music festival over the Canada Day weekend. A significantly increased RCMP presence at Boonstock this year allowed officers to pro-actively enforce contraventions of the provincial Gaming and Liquor Act, federal Controlled Drugs and Substances Act and the Criminal Code… […]
I sat on my front porch Monday morning looking at the small Canadian flag placed on the neighbourhood’s lawns the night before by a team of volunteers dedicated to keeping the memory of what that flag stands for alive. While I was pleased to see our nation’s flag standing erect on my front lawn, I was reminded the Canadian flag was sitting at half-mast on poles throughout town. Our mayor had died… […]
The Morinville Historical and Cultural Society hosted their annual Canada Day in the Park event Monday afternoon, an event that filled St. Jean Baptiste Park with families out to celebrate Canada’s 146th birthday. – Photos By Stephen Dafoe and Lucie Roy… […]
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