Month: July 2014

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Columns

Progressive views: Interact Club returns from successful Mexico trip

Jul 16, 2014 Comments Off on Progressive views: Interact Club returns from successful Mexico trip

by Tristan Turner – From June 28 to July 5, a group of seven MCHS students travelled to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico in the hopes of assisting local organizations that worked with low-income families, or built community engagement. These students travelled as the Morinville Interact Club, the separate youth-wing of the Morinville Rotary Club, and started planning for the trip in hopes of pursuing the goals of Rotary International: service, social justice and international citizenship. As President of the Morinville Interact Club, I hope to share some of the highlights from our trip and thank those who made our adventures possible… […]

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Editorial & Opinion

Letter: Youth are community responsibility

Jul 16, 2014 Comments Off on Letter: Youth are community responsibility

Since school let out, police have responded to well over 30 incidents of vandalism and property damage. These include: mailboxes tipped over, playgrounds wrecked, fires deliberately set, and spray-painting. These types of instances not only ruin our community, they also tie up police resources that could be better utilized dealing with actual emergency situations…. […]

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Local News

Local gardeners batty about bats

Jul 15, 2014 Comments Off on Local gardeners batty about bats

by Morinville News Staff – Backyard bats were the topic of a Morinville Community Gardens workshop held July 15 at the United Church gardens. The local gardening enthusiasts brought in Alberta Environment and Sustainable Resource Development bat expert Dr. Margo Pybus to do a session on bats in general and building bat houses in particular. More than 20 residents attended the session, some to learn about bats, others to get down to the task of building their own bat house… […]

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Columns

Column: Joe Morinville

Jul 15, 2014 1

I see the government has a survey on the internets what you can vote on a new licence plate for Alberta to use. I don’t know why we need a new plate but I bet with everything going on and their chances in the next election they do not want Wildrose Country on the plates anymore. Not sure what plate gets picked, but I bet more Albertans will vote for stupid licence plates than vote for the next premier. Anyway here’s my ideas. … […]

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Arts & Culture

Our Morinville in photos

Jul 15, 2014 Comments Off on Our Morinville in photos

Our Morinville & Area is an opportunity to view life through our community members’ lenses. Photos can be taken in Morinville and the surrounding communities in Sturgeon County or even cool photos from places our readers have visited. The photo pages are wide open on possibilities. Each month we will select one photo as the choice of the month. That reader will receive a $100 Shop in Morinville gift certificate… […]

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Local News

July 16 Print Edition download

Jul 15, 2014 Comments Off on July 16 Print Edition download

Our weekly print edition will be at our more than 100 locations in Morinville, Cardiff and Legal Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday, and in 1400 mailboxes Thursday as well…. […]

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Local News

Priest leaving Morinville after six years

Jul 13, 2014 Comments Off on Priest leaving Morinville after six years

by Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – After six years of serving local Catholics at St. Jean Baptiste Church, Father Ignacy Warias, OMI, is leaving Morinville to take on pastoral duties at St. Albert Parish. Father Warias came to Morinville from his last parish in Bonneyville, and though he still holds a big place in his heart for his former parish, he has greatly enjoyed his time in Morinville… […]

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Columns

Morinville Housing Report

Jul 13, 2014 Comments Off on Morinville Housing Report

by Doris Jolicoeur, CD, ABR, CCSP
Associate Broker/Realtor, Professional Realty Group Mortgage Associate, Verico Brokers for Life

Morinville’s always been known to be a few months behind our surrounding larger communities, but the gains in the housing market we experienced last month might show the gap tightening… […]

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Local Sports

Legal athlete is a wheelchair basketball World Champion

Jul 13, 2014 Comments Off on Legal athlete is a wheelchair basketball World Champion

An 18-year-old Legal athlete is a world champion after helping take gold in the 2014 Women’s World Wheelchair Basketball Championship June 28 in Toronto. Arinn Young, who graduated from Morinville Community High School last month, was named to the national team earlier this year… […]

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Morinville News

Motorcyclist airlifted to hospital after Friday collision

Jul 12, 2014 5

by Morinville News Staff

Morinville – A 54-year-old Calgary man was airlifted to hospital after a two-vehicle collision on Highway 2 and Cardiff Road Friday evening. Morinville RCMP, Morinville Fire Department and EMTs were called to the scene during the evening rush hour at approximately 5:12 p.m.. STARS Air Ambulance dispatched STAR-3 to Morinville shortly after and landed on Highway 2, north of the collision. The man was taken to hospital with undisclosed injuries… […]