Arts & Culture

MCHS actors ask – Is He Dead?

MCHS Performing Arts performed their Spring Play Wednesday night, an entertaining rendition of Is He Dead?

The production told the story of French painter Jean-Francois Millet (Mitch Fraser), on the verge of bankruptcy and looking for a way to meet his creditor’s ultimatum to produce the money of hand over the love of his life.
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Columns

National Column: Orange wave crushes Tories

Voters in Alberta made history Tuesday night – and they sealed it with an exclamation point.

Rachel Notley and her New Democrats secured a majority victory in an election that was supposed to be a stroll in the park for a powerful Progressive Conservative dynasty that had all but swallowed up its opposition in the province.
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Business

It’s Our Business: Sobeys holding a food fair this weekend

The recent snowfall might have momentarily diverted people from thinking about summer, but Sobeys Morinville are laying out their summer best with an in-store food fair Saturday from 11 a.m. until 4 p.m.

“It’s to get people to come in and try all our great new items,” said franchise owner Shaun Thompson. “We have seven new burgers that have launched in the meat department, […]

Morinville News

Van Dijken takes Barrhead-Morinville-Westlock

Westlock farmer Glenn van Dijken took Barrhead-Morinville-Westlock from PC hands Tuesday night after garnering 39.34 per cent of the vote. Van Dijken received 7,205 votes, 972 more than NDP candidate Tristan Turner who received 6,233 votes (34.03%). PC incumbent Maureen Kubinec came in last with 4,878 votes (26.63%). Van Dijken joins the Wildrose in obtaining a 21-seat opposition voice in the legislature. […]

Arts & Culture

Two local bands to rock out during National Youth Week

Several events were planned for National Youth Week (May 1-7), a week dedicated to celebrating youth and their active involvement in the community. The Town of Morinville had events scheduled for the after school period May 4 and 5, culminating in a double-header rock show Thursday night. […]

Arts & Culture

And now for something completely different

When the doors of the Morinville Community Cultural Centre open for the next Silver Shoes Pub Night May 14, they will open for an evening of comedic entertainment. The evening will feature a dinner and show by St. Albert performers Peter and Mary, who will be providing a comedy act from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
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Columns

Healthy Routes Column – Circulation: It’s all about the Pump and Hoses

Everyone makes this comparison that your heart is your body’s pump, and your veins and arteries are like hydraulic hoses. This analogy works very well to explain why diuretics are the first drugs prescribed to reduce blood pressure. If there is an excess of fluid in a closed hydraulic system, […]

Local Sports

Roller derby rolling strong

The Sturgeon County Junior Roller Derby Association will have their first bout of the season in Airdrie this weekend. A black and white scrimmage in Holden later this month and a major junior invitational event in Gibbons later this summer are evidence the association is rolling strong.
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Legal

Students vote for the candidates

Morinville Public School Grade 6 teacher Tara Hodgson said her students have been researching and following the election campaign closely for the past three weeks, part of their learning about democracy in Social Studies. She felt it would be a good idea to carry through with a mock election. […]

Morinville News

National Column: PCs share blame if they lose Alberta

It may be a clich?, but in the final hours of the Alberta election campaign it bears repeating.

Governments defeat themselves.

Sometimes it takes a while – in Alberta’s case that would be 44 years – but if the Progressive Conservatives under Jim Prentice were to lose Tuesday’s election, they will have shot themselves. […]

Local News

Volunteer Firefighters raising awareness this week

The Town of Morinville followed up Mayor Lisa Holmes Apr. 29 proclamation of Volunteer Firefighters Awareness Week with the announcement Monday of a roster of events at the Town Firehall this week. […]

Editorial & Opinion

Editorial: We give them an A for effort

Three politicians walk into an election with varying degrees of preparation. The incumbent has the advantage of knowing when the election will be called. The other two know it will be called, think they know when it will be called, and then have to scramble when it is actually called. […]

Arts & Culture

Dragon’s Scale

Morinville Public School held a Rock Concert at the cultural centre Thursday afternoon. The Grade 4 students performed the Beatle’s Fool on the Hill and the MPS Band Dragon’s Scale band performed five numbers and a finale. […]

Local Sports

Sports shorts

Morinville Community High School students played against members of the Morinville and Fort Saskatchewan RCMP Detachments in a game of floor hockey Friday afternoon. A wooden replica of the Stanley Cup was the prize. The students were victors in this first match up. The fun game of students versus RCMP is scheduled to be an annual event. Opposite page: MCHS student Tyrell Brink with the cup. […]