Editorial & Opinion
Letter: Cultural centre a good value
Editor:
I cannot believe how many people in Morinville and area that still have not attended an event in the Morinville Community Cultural Centre…. […]
Month: March 2014
Columns
Healthy Routes Column: Clearing the Tract
by Gladys Kublik, Co-owner Neighbors Vitamin Shop
Imagine your lower bowel to be much like a conveyor belt in a mining situation. As long as the material moving along the belt is a good mixture of coarse rough rock, water, finer clays and sand, the lugs or teeth of the conveyor remain clean and transport the maximum amount of material quickly. Remove the water and the material doesn’t flow, but tends to clump together… […]
Columns
Conservative Views Column: The Semantics of Democracy
by Calli Stromner
While wannabe politicians were in the middle of the tri-annual popularity contest known as the municipal election last October, a slight, soft-spoken Morinville resident was pounding the pavement for a cause. His cause was not to be elected to public office, but rather to compel the Town to significantly alter the way photo enforcement is conducted… […]
Editorial & Opinion
Letter: Re Photo Radar and Red Light Camera vote
Further to the photo radar vs. photo laser (lidar) matter, we would like to emphasize that the upcoming photo radar enforcement bylaw vote is VERY IMPORTANT and we encourage everyone to please vote… […]
Arts & Culture
Hjelsvold living the blue collar dream
by Stephen Dafoe
Morinville – There is a spring in Darcy Hjelsvold’s step as he walks in for his interview. Fresh from work and decked out in coveralls, the 35-year-old mechanic is the picture of a blue collar worker, an ap- propriate look for a man whose first CD is titled Blue Collar Dream. The co-founder and front man for the local band Ain’t No Rodeo launched the CD to country radio stations across the county Mar. 24 and has already gotten some airplay with the EP’s first single, Knew You When… […]
Arts & Culture
Caviar Players set to take to the stage with one-act plays
by Stephen Dafoe
Morinville – Pastries, plays and philanthropy will mix Apr. 11 when the Caviar Players take to the Morinville Community Cultural Centre’s stage. Billed as a Dessert Theatre, the evening of one-act plays will offer a pair of productions: Cut by Lyle Victor Albert and Bad Auditions by Bad Actors by Ian McWethy. Five dollars from each $25 ticket purchase will be donated to any non-profit group a patron chooses to support with the purchase of their ticket… […]
Morinville News
Photo Radar Open House draws 80
by Calli Stromner
Morinville – Roughly 80 people attended a public Open House on March 26 to learn more about how photo enforcement is conducted within the Town of Morinville. Council members, town administrators, RCMP officers, and the third-party contractor, Independent Traffic Services (ITS), were all on hand to offer information… […]
Local Sports
Van Brabant signed to Calgary Flames
Morinville native Bryce Van Brabant has been signed to the Calgary Flames as a free agent in a two-year contract. The third Morinvillian to be signed to the NHL, 22-year-old Van Brabant has played with the Quinnipiac University Bobcats for the past three seasons… […]
Arts & Culture
The week in photos
Singing, dancing, karate, comedy and even a unicyclist provided nearly two hours of entertainment at the 20th Annual Georges H. Primeau talent show Mar. 27… […]
Local Sports
Morinville Kings take provincial banner
by Stephen Dafoe
The Morinville Senior AA Kings were crowned Hockey Alberta Provincial Senior A Champions Sunday afternoon after a 4-3 victory over the Devon Barons, the culmination of a strong inaugural season for the hockey club… […]
Local Sports
Morinville Kings play for the gold Sunday
by Stephen Dafoe
Morinville – After a tough defeat at the hands of a Triple-A club Friday night, the Morinville Senior AA Kings came back with a solid 8-4 victory over the Two Hills Longhorns Saturday afternoon to earn a spot in the Senior A pool gold-medal game Sunday afternoon, the finale to Hockey Alberta’s Senior AA/A Provincial Championships. That contest takes place at 1 p.m. at the Ray McDonald Sports Centre and will put the Kings on the opposite side of the ice to the Devon Barons, a fellow NCHL club that finished in first spot during the regular season and went on to take the league championship for the second consecutive year… […]
Local Sports
Kings start weekend provincials with a loss
Photos by Stephen Dafoe
The Morinville Kings took to the ice against the Okotoks Drillers Friday night in game one of a weekend-long Senior AA/A Provincials series, emerging with a 9-4 loss… […]
Morinville News
Finance Minister presents budget to Rotarians and politicians
by Tristan Turner
Morinville – Alberta Finance Minister Doug Horner spoke to Rotarians, Councillors and guests at the Morinville Rotary Club’s regular Wednesday morning meeting Mar. 26. While the focus of attention in recent days has been former Premier Alison Redford’s resignation, Horner chose to focus his presentation on the provincial budget that is currently going through reviews one ministry at a time, and – according to Horner – is expected to be voted on by the legislative assembly in late April…. […]
Local News
Garbage rates increase by 16%
by Calli Stromner with files from Paul Smith
Morinville residents will be paying 16 per cent more for garbage collection than they did in 2013 after Council approved the Waste Management Bylaw during Tuesday night’s regular meeting. The $2.70 per month increase covers the cost of providing weekly garbage collection and recycling collection throughout the year. It also adds mandatory organic waste collection to the town’s service offering, providing weekly pick-up from May 1 – Oct. 31 and monthly pick-up during the winter months. Organics would be placed in the current yard waste containers… […]
Morinville News
Council Briefs – Mar. 25 meeting
by Calli Stromner with files from Paul Smith 2014 Property Tax Rate Bylaw Council gave first reading to the 2014 […]
Editorial & Opinion
Letter to the Editor: Re photo radar
We would like to comment on the recent Letter to the Editor by Mr. Wedick, on March 3rd, 2014 re: photo radar enforcement concerns. The full version of this letter will be posted to the Facebook page “Morinville Traffic Safety and Photo Radar Enforcement”… […]