Local Sports
Morinville Sports Shorts
Photos by Lucie Roy and Stephen Dafoe… […]
Month: October 2013
Morinville News
Local Career Centre forced to close its doors
by Ashley Janes
Morinville – The Career Employment and Counselling Services (CECS) centre in Morinville will be shutting down after learning that the provincial government will not be renewing their contract, set to expire on Dec. 31. Centre Manager Charmin Rockwell said CECS was not given an extension in their contract due to funding cutbacks… […]
Local News
The week in photos
Morinville Chef Cole Dribnenky took part in the 3rd Annual Communities ChooseWell Iron Chef Challenge competition Saturday, an initiative to promote healthy eating and the use of local foods. The competition featured teams of one adult and one youth chef preparing healthy dishes using local ingredients. Cole’s partner was Chef Phil Hughes of Premium Food Services in Legal… […]
Morinville News
Obituary: VOYER, JOSEPH “JACK”
Obituary: VOYER, JOSEPH “JACK” 1930 ~ 2013 On October 5, 2013 Joseph “Jack” Voyer passed away peacefully at the Sturgeon […]
Morinville News
St. Jean Baptiste renovations about to be revealed
by Stephen Dafoe
Morinville – The scaffolding that has been the platform for a $500,000 restoration project for St. Jean Baptiste Church will come down this week, giving residents and parishioners their first real look at the work that has been underway since the beginning of May.
The St. Jean Baptiste Parish received a $250,000 Western Diversification Grant Mar. 12, the maximum matching dollars available for the $343,538.97 raised in the community last fall during the People for the Steeple Campaign… […]
Morinville News
Oct. 16 print edition download
We were alerted by a reader that this week’s electronic version of our print edition was not uploaded. Our apologies for that. Better late than never… […]
Local Sports
Volleyball tournament gets underway
Place holder – story to follow in the morning […]
Local News
Chamber picks its winners
Morinville – It was a walk along Boardwalk and Park Place for local business owners Thursday night. The Morinville and District Chamber of Commerce held their annual awards night at the Morinville Community Cultural Centre, this year with a Monopoly theme. Awards were given out for home-based, small, medium, and large businesses of the year, as well as awards recognizing volunteerism, longterm contributions and youth entrepreneurial spirit. Chamber members were also recognized for years of membership… […]
Editorial & Opinion
Letter to Editor: The Search for A Good Leader
In less than a week our municipal election will be over and residents will have four years to find out if they voted for the right candidates. As you decide who will best represent the interests of your community here are a few points to keep in mind…
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Editorial & Opinion
Morinville forum draws about 200 [AUDIO]
Photos by Lucie Roy
Sponsored by the Rotary Club of Morinville, the All Candidates Froum was attended by more than 200 residents who came to hear the candidates speak.
For the first part of the program the candidates drew numbers before hand for their speaking order and each was allowed three minutes to speak from the podium to the audience. Afterwards the candidates moved to individually assigned tables located around the hall… […]
Morinville News
Ask-A-Candidate No. 3
Q: “Because the town is growing, large development projects such as a recreation facility have been suggested to council. Undertakings like these are costly. Where do you propose the funding for development projects come from?” […]
Legal
Our Morinville
August winner Tracy Reaume and her family selected the September winner of our photo feature. Henry Kieftenbeld’s photos of flowers… […]
Editorial & Opinion
Column: Joe Morinville
I’m pretty excited that next week we’ll have a new Council to complain about. Twenty-eight days of door knocking, handshaking […]
Local Sports
Morinville football player headed to the US
by Stephen Dafoe
Morinville – A seven-year journey is culminating in the start of a lifelong dream for 18-year old Evan Clewes. The Morinville Community High School graduate will depart for the United States in January to start a football scholarship. Clewes has received 11 offers from American schools for full and partial scholarships, and said he is leaning towards playing in Oregon…. […]
Morinville News
Protest marks World Food Day [photos / video]
Photos by Stephen Dafoe
Morinville – World Food Day in Morinville was marked with a peaceful demonstration that ran from St. Jean Baptiste Park to the Morinville Community Cultural Centre. About 90 participants took part in the March Against Monsanto event, an initiative launched by Morinville resident Kimberly Prolier. The march was preceded by presentations from local farmers and ended with a documentary on GMO products…. […]
Editorial & Opinion
Column: From the Desk of the CAO
by Debbie Oyarzun
Election Day is right around the corner, on Monday, October 21, 2013. Please exercise your democratic right by taking time to place your vote! The voting station will be located at the Morinville Community Cultural Centre and will be open from 8:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m… […]