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Week in photos
Sunflowers burst and bloom in a Morinville Garden. Last week Communities in Bloom judges visited the community to do their evaluation. See page 12 for story. […]
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Rona Ambrose speaks to local Rotarians [VIDEO]
Federal Minister of Health and Sturgeon River / Parkland Conservative candidate Rona Ambrose was the guest of the Rotary Club of Morinville Wednesday morning.
Ambrose’s roughly 20 minute presentation focused on two topics – the economy and national security.
Below are tow videos of Wednesday’s presentation.
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Arts & Culture
Communities in Bloom judges visit Morinville
Communities in Bloom judging took place in Morinville on Wednesday. Judges Doug Hornbeck and Berta Briggs did a tour of the town with Allen Jacobson, Community Development Coordinator, and Donald Fairweather, Operations Manager. […]
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Bon Accord named Canada’s first International Dark Sky Community
Over the past few years, Bon Accord has been embracing stargazing with its move towards preserving dark skies and encouraging tourism to those who want to view the stars. That effort has now paid off.
Bon Accord is the eleventh community in the world to receive International Dark-Sky Association (IDA) status but the first Canadian community on the list. […]
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Town says chemical spill posed no environmental or human risks
Nearly seventeen litres of spilled paint on 100 Street Monday afternoon closed the road for three hours but posed no environmental or human risk; the Town told media Wednesday afternoon.
Morinville RCMP received a call Monday afternoon around 3:30 p.m. about a chemical spill on 100 Street in the area of the industrial park. Morinville Enforcement Services was asked to attend the call. […]
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Locals take part in world’s greatest scavenger hunt
Three local women spent an entire week stepping outside their comfort zones while putting a smile on plenty of faces.
Collette Bachand, Paige Brenneis and Alexis Ebert took part in GISHWES – The Greatest International Scavenger Hunt the World Has Ever Seen.
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Columns
Healthy Routes Column: Chronic inflammation and how to cool it
The pursuits of summer have great rewards: Vitamin D absorbed in abundance, exercise in the fresh air, the produce of the garden, and the satisfaction of seeing a lot of jobs done. The downside is a frequently occurring complaint after all these activities. From the pain of a sunburn or a sting from an insect to the sore aching muscles and joints after physical exercise inflammation is the immediate result of many of these activities. […]
Business
Champion’s new research centre nearing completion
Above: Champion President and CEO Frank Burdzy takes a look at the progress of the new BAFRINO Research and Innovation […]
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Town and community group partner to peddle their plants
Plants and bicycles met volunteer hands Aug. 5 at the Town of Morinville and Morinville Centennial Community Gardens gathered to do something decorative and green in honour of last weekend’s Tour de l’Alberta cycling event.
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Week in photos
Morinville residents Linda Lyons and Cliff Haryett have created a few laughs in their neighbourhood with their photo radar lawn ornament, Harryett recently built as a conversation piece. […]
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Sturgeon County and Morinville take gold
by Lucie Roy
Sturgeon County resident Rosa Semenchuk, alongside her teammate Vivian Oko of Westlock, won gold at the Alberta 55 Plus Summer Games. The gold medal was in the Pickleball 65+ Women’s Doubles event, which qualifies the duo for the Nationals to be held in Ontario next year. […]
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Police turn to public for help on business break-in
On Friday, July 3, 2015 the Morinville RCMP responded to a call for service with regards to a Break and Enter overnight to the Spartan Energy Corporation Well Site, located at Highway 642 and Range Road 270, Sturgeon County, AB.
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Police report suspicious person
During the early morning hours of July 31, 2015, an unknown male was observed lurking outside a residence in the area of 107 Avenue in the Town of Morinville. The unknown male was peering through the bedroom window of the residence for an undetermined amount of time and only fled once he was discovered by the tenants. Police did obtain a description of the male observed. […]
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Hockeyville cheque presentation and Council movie part of end-of-summer community event
The Ray McDonald Sports Center will be the venue for an end-of-summer community celebration Aug. 29.
The Town of Morinville is planning a day-long event they are calling a “wonderful way to wrap up summer.” […]
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Minister tours fields in Morinville
Provincial Agriculture and Forestry Minister Oneil Carlier conducted a field tour with Merle Jacobson, Chief Operating Officer, Agriculture Financial Services Corporation (AFSC), with respective staff Tuesday afternoon.
Minister Carlier said the Morinville area farm was the third he had looked at, the other two being in Westlock and Smoky Lake. […]
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Life in soil and light farming
Morinville was one of seven stops in Alberta for Australian soil ecologist Dr. Christine Jones. Jones is on a tour of the Northern Hemisphere with her workshop and field day on Amazing Carbon and the Fundamentals of Soil. Jones is an internationally renowned ground cover and soil ecologist and is an active participant and supporter of an Australian movement into a Soil Carbon Accreditation Scheme. […]