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Legal

Seven to run for five seats in Legal

by Lucie Roy

Legal – Nomination Day in Legal for the office of Councillor had three seeking re-election: Trina Jones, Ken Baril and Carol Tremblay. Throwing their hat in the ring with them are Kurtis Hauptman, Tina Hills, Curtis Epp and Pat Hills. Legal has a different format in that they elect five councillors and those elected decide on who will hold the position of mayor. […]

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Local Sports

Jets open season with back-to-back wins.

by Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – It was a four-point opening weekend for the Morinville Jets. The Junior B club kicked off the Capital Junior Hockey League 2013-2014 season with a 6-5 OT victory over the St. Albert Merchants Friday night, and followed it with a 7-2 win over the visiting Wetaskiwin Icemen Sunday night…. […]

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Morinville News

New shop opens in familiar spot

by Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – A lifetime of working around transmissions, motors and other parts of vehicles has culminated in the start of Morinville’s newest garage. Darcy’s Custom Transmissions and Auto Repair opened in early September in the old Morin’s Auto location on 100 Street, north of the Fire Hall… […]

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Morinville News

O’Brien to run again

by Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – A retired 68-year-old former army officer who ran in the 2012 by-election is taking another crack at a seat on the Morinville Town Council… […]

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Local News

Petition looking to put the brakes on photo radar

By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – If Sunshine Lake resident Cliff Haryett has his way; photo radar will be a thing of the past in town. Haryett is looking for 900 signatures for his petition to abolish photo radar in Morinville and intends to have all the signatures within 45 to 60 days.

“It’s all over safety,” he said. “They are trying to sell us photo radar and [I take issue with] their lack of transparency and their collecting money versus public safety. Few to no cross walk lights were put up, even though mega dollars have been collected [through photo radar] over the past few years.” … […]

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Local News

Morinville Chamber monopoly soon to be exposed

By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – After celebrating their high rollers with a casino-themed business award gala in 2010, a Roaring ‘20s theme in 2011 and a masquerade theme in 2012, the Morinville and District Chamber of Commerce (MDCC) will roll the dice and move the pieces on a Monopoly theme this October, an event they are calling Chamberopoly. The Chamber’s 5th annual awards night will take place Oct. 17 at the Morinville Community Cultural Centre… […]

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Editorial & Opinion

Letter: Global Cardboard Challenge

Editor:

Last October, Morinville participated in the first annual Global Cardboard Challenge initiated by Imagination Foundation and inspired by Caine’s Arcade. I was happy to organize the local event to celebrate a Global Day of Play… […]

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Morinville News

Luker to seek a Council seat

By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – A local businesswoman, substitute teacher, community volunteer and mother of two is running for a seat on Morinville Town Council. Jackie Luker, who ran in the 2010 general election and 2012 by-election, is taking another crack at a seat on Council.

“It’s just a desire to be part of that whole process,” Luker said of running a third time. “I want to make a difference from what I can do. I have a very strong belief in what community is. To me, small towns are what make Canada great. You need a small town with a community feel so that people get involved. I want to be part of that process to get people involved in Morinville.”… […]

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Local News

Our Morinville in photos

Our Morinville is an opportunity to view life through our community members’ lenses. Photos can be of this and surrounding communities, cool photos from places our readers have visited. The pages are wide open on possibility… […]

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Editorial & Opinion

Joe Morinville

The summer is over now and we’ll have to wait until next year for more summer blockbuster movies to go […]

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Arts & Culture

Morinville Library to host Kelley Armstrong author talk

By Ashley Janes
Photo Credit Kathryn-Hollinrake

Morinville – Bestselling author Kelley Armstrong will be speaking at the Morinville Community Library from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Sept. 26. Well known for her Women of the Otherworld series and her best-selling Darkest Power trilogy, Armstrong is embarking on a fall national tour to deliver author talks about writing and publishing popular fiction. In the following interview, she discusses her inspirations, past success, and future endeavours:… […]