by Stephen Dafoe
Morinville – For the 16th consecutive year, Coach’s Corner will open its doors for the Annual Santa Store Auction on Nov. 16. The annual fundraising event for the Midstream Support Society’s Santa Store raised more than $22,038 last year for a community program that ensures low-income families are able to provide a Christmas for their children. … […]
by Stephen Dafoe
Sturgeon County – A family photo album sits on the kitchen table of Harvey and Christine Vranas’ home. In it are photographs taken at Christmas each year since the couple were wed in 1953. It is a walk through six decades of marriage and love, one that has resulted in an ever widening collection of people in the annual family photo. … […]
I’m very excited to be writing my first edition of “From the Desk of”! It is an honour to be […]
by Morinville News Staff
Morinville Kings
The Morinville Kings took to the road Saturday and returned with a 5-3 loss to the Edson Ice, the Senior AA club’s first loss in three outings…
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Morinville RCMP and Community Peace Officers attend the scene of a vehicle/pedestrian collision at the 100 Avenue and 100 Street intersection around 11:30 a.m. Friday morning. – Photo by Lucie Roy…. […]
by Stephen Dafoe
St. Albert – Though spring break is many months away for Morinville high school students, they will soon have the opportunity to trade holiday time for an inside look at policing and the opportunity to earn some credits in the process. St. Albert, Morinville and Stony Plain RCMP Detachments are teaming up for the 3rd Annual St. Albert RCMP Youth Academy takes place at Bellerose High School from Mar. 28 to Apr. 3, 2014 and is open to Grade 11 and 12 students… […]
Photos by Lucie Roy and Stephen Dafoe
Morinville – Ghosts, goblins and pop culture mixed for Halloween in Morinville Thursday. Below are some of the Halloween greatness our cameras caught around town…. […]
By Ashley Janes
Photos by Lucie Roy
Morinville – The official Swearing In Ceremony for Morinville’s recently elected Mayor Lisa Holmes and Council members Nicole Boutestein, Stephen Dafoe, Brennan FitzGerald, Rob Ladouceur, Gord Putnam and Barry Turner was held in town chambers the evening of Oct. 29. Holmes revealed great expectations for this new council, explaining: “Our Council will begin a fairly in-depth series of orientation meetings over the next few weeks. We will be touring each of the town departments to meet staff and get familiar with processes and procedures. Our focus will be on getting up to speed with the financial processes as our first priority will be working on the 2014 budget.”… […]
Last week you were with us at No Frills when we received a donation from Chris and Tracy to support the Hot Lunch Program that happens at the three Catholic Schools in town… […]
Our Morinville is an opportunity to view life through our community members’ lenses. Photos can be of this and surrounding communities, cool photos from places our readers have visited. The pages… […]
Last weekend the Town had that Reuse it or Loose it thing at the ball diamonds. That’s where folks can recycle stuff. Since everybody’s so fired up about recycling, I figured I’d recycle my column from last Halloween. […]
Our weekly print edition will be at our more than 100 locations in Morinville, Cardiff and Legal Wednesday… […]
As Prairie Gold Scaffolding Ltd. workers began the process of tearing down their framework last Wednesday, residents and visitors once again got the opportunity to see our historic St. Jean Baptiste Church without the green netting that has protected workers and obscured our vision since May… […]
by Will Doney (Club Reporter)
The Legal Titan School 4H club started their first year on September 18th, 2013 after school in the town of Legal. The club starts at about 3:30 p.m. after school every second Wednesday. Our 4H club was started by the grade 2 teacher, Mrs. Kieser and the club offers many projects like, Foods, Pets, Clothing, Fit for Life, and Cleavers… […]
by Lucie Roy
With Morinville News Files
Legal – The Town of Legal held their Organizational meeting and Swearing-In Ceremony Monday afternoon, a week after residents in Legal went to the polls to elect five Council members from among seven candidates… […]
by Stephen Dafoe
Morinville – A local group is looking for a helping hand to offer victims of crime or crisis a helping hand through times of trouble. Sturgeon Victim Services, a volunteer-run organization that operates year round and 24 hours a day in connection with the RCMP, are often called upon to immediately work with victims when an incident occurs or within a day or two, depending on the assessed need.
In addition to offering 24-hour crisis response support, SVS Program Coordinator Donna McPherson said the organization deals with post trauma support, bereavement support, court accompaniment, and providing basic information on general RCMP procedures and referrals to other agencies, including the food bank and other social agencies. It is not uncommon for advocates to stay in contact with victim for as long as two years, particularly when assisting victims through the court process. … […]
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