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Sturgeon County fire update

The wildland fire that is burning north of Township Road 560 along the Sturgeon River, between Range Roads 224 and Range 225, south east of Casa Vista is currently under control. Sturgeon County Emergency Services crews, along with Alberta Sustainable Resource Development (SRD) crews are continuing to work at extinguishing the fire…. […]

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Arts & Culture

Caring clowns choose connections over comedy

By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – It’s a Friday night in Morinville and Chiklit takes the stage during an open mic night at the Higher Grounds coffee house. She starts with a couple of mind reading numbers and follows it up with an impressive little rope trick that gets the crowd applauding and cheering. But for Chiklit and her clowning partner Odelia, the real magic is what lies deep beneath the grease paint – a caring heart and a strong desire to make a connection with others… […]

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Skate park location meets with favour in public hearing

By Stephen Dafoe

Legal – Council opened its doors to the public Monday night for input on the approved sake park Legal recently received funding for. Five Legal residents attended the public hearing and were unanimous in their approval for the preferred location on 51st Avenue between the community’s curling club and basketball courts… […]

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Morinville Chamber raising funds for Slave Lake business community

By MorinvilleNews.com staff

Morinville – Thursday night’s business after hours event at the Community Cultural Centre took on a serious tone Monday afternoon.

The opportunity for Morinville’s business community to network while touring the new $12 million facility will now be an opportunity for local businesses to aid fellow business owners in Slave Lake, which was devastated by wildfires Sunday… […]

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County keeping upper hand on fires but urges caution

By MorinvilleNews.com Staff

Sturgeon County – County fire fighters are keeping an upper hand on fires currently burning north of Township Road 560 along the Sturgeon River, between Range Roads 224 and Range 225, south east of Casa Vista… […]

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Fire strikes Legal

By MorinvilleNews.com Staff

Legal – While Slave Lake was being evacuated from the path of a 16 hectare wildfire that destroyed a third of the 7,000-resident community, local fire fighters were battling blazes on a smaller scale… […]

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Morinville Arena open to donations for Slave Lake

By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – The Ray McDonald Sports Centre will be open from noon until 8 p.m. Monday and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday for residents to make donations to the Slave Lake relief efforts.

Immediate requirements are for pet food, toiletries, towels, face cloths, non-perishables and men’s clothing for residents taking shelter in Westlock and children’s items, including infant formula, diapers and cribs for those being housed in Athabasca. […]

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Arts & Culture

Morinville Public Library celebrates its achievement

By MorinvilleNews.com staff

Morinville – The Morinville Public Library opened its doors to politicians and well-wishers Sunday afternoon for a special celebration to mark its latest achievement. The library was one of two recipients of the 2011 Minister’s Award for Excellence in Public Library Service (for a community under 15,000) and won the prestigious award… […]

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Morinville News

County issue full fire ban

Sturgeon County issued a full fire ban Sunday, prohibiting all open fires.

The notification followed a fire advisory issued earlier in the week… […]

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Editorial & Opinion

Editorial: We cleaned it – let’s keep it this way

Last Wednesday town staff, business owners, students and residents gathered together for one common cause – cleaning up Morinville. Operation Clean Sweep, Morinville’s contribution to Pitch-In Canada’s nationwide initiative to clean up our own backyards is a noble endeavour designed to make Morinville look a little better to residents and visitors… […]

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Sturgeon hockey to unite Legal and Morinville leagues

By MorinvilleNews.com Staff

Morinville – Minor hockey players will be skating under a new banner next season if Hockey Alberta accepts the amalgamation of the Morinville and Legal Minor Hockey Associations… […]

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EMS Week kicks off in Morinville with demonstrations

By Monday Morning News Staff

Morinville – EMS Awareness Week (May 16 – 22) kicked off in Morinville two days early with emergency response groups from Morinville and Sturgeon County gathering at the Morinville Community High School parking lot May 14 for a free barbecue and an opportunity to dispense free information on things residents can do to prevent the need for their services… […]

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Monday Morning News – May 16

The May 16 edition of Monday Morning News hits store shelves and restaurant counters Monday morning. This week’s edition marks our sixth month of providing Morinville with a quality news magazine with a strictly Morinville focus. This week’s issue contains the following news stories… […]

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Around the Town

Compiled by Etienne Thevou

Last week’s summer-like weather brought people out and about in Morinville to pitch-in, celebrate and just generally get about… […]

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Morinville News

Bike ride honours memory of fallen resident

By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – It has been many years since Roger Champagne was gunned down in Las Vegas by a man looking to feed his drug habit, but the Morinville man, well known for his kindness in the community, has never been forgotten by friends, family or the hundreds of MCHS students who were born some years after the man’s passing. Such is the legacy of Roger Champagne whose memory is honoured each year by MCHS students who take to the mountains for a bike ride that bears his name… […]

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STARS responds to medical emergency in Morinville

By MorinvilleNews.com Staff

Morinville – STARS air ambulance arrived in Morinville Saturday morning, but their flight into town was not to participate in the EMS Week event held that morning at Morinville Community High School… […]