by Calli Stromner
Morinville – Local Mounties will be focusing on three top priorities for the next 12 months after Council approved the Morinville detachment’s Annual Performance Plan. In addition to their regular duties, local constables also plans to target traffic safety and property crime, as well as beef up its image in the community with more engagement activities… […]
Council got a sneak peek at the Town’s new website, which will be launched to the public sometime this spring.
“We’ve focused a lot of the back end of the website. We can have a database behind the scenes…literally thousands of documents that can be picked up on the website,” said CAO Debbie Oyarzun. She added that the new website will allow up scaling for future technical requirements, and the site will include an online directory and event listing… […]
by Calli Stromner
Council unanimously passed first reading of a revised offsite levy bylaw which paves the way for additional revenue to be brought in to municipal government coffers if it successfully gets through the legislative process…. […]
Our weekly print edition will be at our more than 100 locations in Morinville, Cardiff and Legal Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday, and in 1200 rural mailboxes Wednesday as well…. […]
by Morinville News Staff
Morinville – One of the highlights of the annual St. Jean Baptiste Festival is the Home Hardware / Bumper-to-Bumper Show and Shine, an automotive event that organizers say will take up roughly four square blocks to showcase all the cars, trucks and shiny vehicles that come to town for the one-day event. … […]
by Morinville News Staff
CFB Edmonton – The base will play host to Loops for the Troops once again this year, a fun run / walk sheduled to take place on Canadian Forces Day (June 1). The event includes a fun run / walk as well as a military mile, 10-kilometre road race and a half marathon… […]
by Ashley Janes
Locally raised fiddling champion Calvin Vollrath will return to the Morinville Community Culture Centre for a weekend of performances starting Friday, May 23. Vollrath, who last played here last spring, will be celebrating the release of two new CDs.
Recognized for his performing, teaching and composing abilities, Vollrath has twice been crowned the Grand North American Old Tyme Fiddle Champion. He has composed more than 475 songs, a number of original music books, and an instructional DVD… […]
Here is some of what our camera lenses caught this past week. […]
by Stephen Dafoe
Edmonton – A free bus has been arranged to take Morinville and area residents to the 3rd Worldwide March Against Monsanto, taking place at End of Steel Park May 24th at noon. … […]
The Concerto Network is an association of communities of French heritage, joined together for economic opportunities. Morinville joins Legal and Beaumont in joining the association. St. Albert is set to join May 23…. […]
by Morinville News Staff
Morinville and District Chamber of Commerce President Simon Boersma said he has taken the concerns of some of the community’s industrial park businesses directly to engineers working on the traffic lights set to be installed at Highway 2 and Cardiff Road this summer… […]
Publisher’s Note: Monique Webb’s Grade 1 students at Morinville Public Elementary School recently were asked to write letters of appreciation for the things they were thankful for in their community. The following are the unedited opinions and views of some of the youngest members of our community…. […]
I just want to say thank you to our Town Administration and Councillors for their continued effort on April 28 in getting information out to the public in regards to a Regional Recreation Facility. I know that the citizens of Morinville are interested in this topic, and are getting even more interested, as I am involved in, or hear discussions regularly around town as well as read the comments on different social media sites…. […]
by Stephen Dafoe
Morinville – Chamber of Commerce members had the opportunity to hear current and future plans for Morinville Community High School direct from its top administrator. MCHS Principal Todd Eistetter was the speaker at the Morinville and District Chamber of Commerce’s monthly luncheon May 7. Eistetter brought the news that his school was an exceptional school, a descriptor he said was backed by Alberta Education information, data that shows the school is currently experiencing results that are the highest they have been in eight years…. […]
by Morinville News Staff
Morinville – Police are looking for three suspects in an attack that took place in Morinville in the early morning hours of May 4 and involved a young runner being assaulted by three males on 107 Street near the Skyline Baseball Diamonds… […]
The federal government has stopped foreign workers coming to Canada to work in the food service sector while it conducts a review. I believe that this decision, particularly if the review stretches into months, will have a negative impact on our communities and our province… […]
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