Month: July 2014

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Local News

Bon Accord helping local stargazers with Clear Sky Clock

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by Morinville News Staff

Bon Accord – Sturgeon County stargazers are getting help from the Town of Bon Accord after the municipality launched its Clear Sky Clock Monday. In anticipation of their Bon Accord Observatory, the Town of Bon Accord requested and received a Clear Sky Clock to assist hobby astronomers in the region with the weather forecasting needed to do astronomical viewing. The Town believes the Clear Sky Clock will eventually help the Observatory itself… […]

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Local News

July 2 Print Edition download

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Our weekly print edition will be at our more than 100 locations in Morinville, Cardiff and Legal Wednesday afternoon and Thursday, and in 1200 rural mailboxes Thursday as well. We are a day later this week due to Canada Day falling on our print day… […]

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Legal

Pilgrimage from Legal to Morinville could become annual event

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by Lucie Roy

Legal – Fifteen people started the 20 km walk on a pilgrimage from St. Emile Parish in Legal to the St. Jean Baptiste Parish in Morinville on Saturday 28 June. The adults and three children from St. Albert, Morinville and Legal met at the St. Emile Church in Legal at 8 a.m. to receive a blessing from Father Ignacy Warias, OMI and Father Brian Bricker, OP. The walk started an hour later and was completed as a team effort by 2:30 p.m. Each pilgrim received a certificate and souvenir to attest they had completed the journey… […]

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Columns

Column: Joe Morinville

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Folks haven’t seen much of me lately in The Morinville News but I bet with summer now here and news getting scarcer than a pay raise from the publisher of this rag I’ll soon be asked to do a full page of my wisdom. But until then, here is a half page on the joys of summer in Morinville… […]

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Local News

Morinville Tigers capture bronze

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by Stephen Dafoe

Redwater – After a season of struggles the Morinville U-12 Tigers soccer team emerged from a weekend tournament in Redwater with a bronze medal. The Tri-County competition took place of the June 20 weekend and saw the boys battle teams they had struggled with all season… […]

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Columns

Conservative views: Cultural Programming needs Community Involvement

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by Calli Stromner

June 24 marked a significant milestone in the ongoing story of Morinville’s Community Cultural Centre (CCC) and its beleaguered Performance Series. After months of begging and hounding, Council finally received the grim news from administration that the taxpayer-funded series has been bleeding money since January. For the first five months of 2014, the Town has lost at least $26,000 with half of that coming from the Calvin Vollrath show in May… […]

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Schools and youth

Georges H. Primeau recognizes its excellence

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by Lucie Roy

Georges H. Primeau Middle School took over the Morinville Community Cultural Centre June 25 for their annual awards night. Two sessions were held: one for Grades 5 and 6, and another for Grades 7 and 8. Awards were presented for academic, arts and athletic excellence… […]

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Local News

Young Naturalist embracing their tree hugging ways

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by Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – A relatively new group for youth and families is offering its members an opportunity to learn about nature while having fun at the same time. The Morinville and Area Young Naturalist Club (YNC) is part of Nature Alberta’s YNC network, a nature-focused program with the goal of teaching children between the ages of 5 and 13 as well as their families about nature… […]

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Arts & Culture

Canada Day in photos

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Photos by Lucie Roy

The Morinville Historical and Cultural Society hosted their annual Canada Day in the Park event Tuesday afternoon, an event that filled St. Jean Baptiste Park with approximately 500 people who came out to celebrate Canada’s 147th birthday… […]