News about Morinville
Benita Pedersen, Business Analyst and Project Coordinator for Community Futures Tawatinaw Region spoke to Rotary members and guests at their Apr. 1 breakfast meeting. […]
Morinville resident Bob Peterson was elected by acclamation for the Position of the Area A Commander for District 8 of the Alberta-NWT Command Royal Canadian Legion. […]
Vandals struck Morinville’s historic St. Jean Baptiste Church on the evening of Apr. 3. The church and park sidewalk was spray painted with anti-theological and homophobic messages, including “I Hate God”, and “I Love Satin” (sic), as well as swastikas and anarchy symbols. […]
Trade Development Corp. President Scott Jendruck provided an update on his new four-storey mixed commercial and residential development project at Wednesday’s Chamber luncheon. The building, located on 100 Avenue south of the Shell gas station, combines 10,800 square feet of ground floor commercial space with 55 apartments for adults and seniors. […]
Morinville RCMP attended a robbery at Red-Nex Bar and Grill in Morinville Wednesday morning at 11:10 a.m. Police say a lone male, wearing blue safety coveralls, a black balaclava and yellow hard hat, entered the business and demanded money from the lone staff member. Although the suspect did not produce a weapon, the staff member believed the lone male to have a weapon. […]
A local musician, businessman, vegan and volunteer has decided at long last that the 1990s came to an end 15 years ago and that it is acceptable to acknowledge the fact. […]
After years of bringing in a variety of cultural performances, the Morinville Community Cultural Centre has decided to take a cue from social media and put something everyone can relate to on stage. They have contracted the Morinville Misanthropes to adapt the Morinville Rant and Rave page as a musical. The show will take place Aug. 21 at 7 p.m. […]
The Morinville Historical and Cultural Society has decided to pack up its collection of regional artefacts and call it a day. After a six-hour board meeting Mar. 28, the society, which has run the Musée Morinville Museum for several years, voted 6-2 in favour of wrapping up the relics and trying something different. […]
A new retail store will open on 100 Street next month, answering the call of countless Morinville residents asking for a place to buy a pair of socks when they need them. […]
When the next Alberta general election is called, Tristan Turner will be the NDP candidate in Barrhead-Morinville-Westlock. The party’s constituency nomination meeting took place Mar. 27 at the Morinville Community Cultural Centre. Turner was the only one who put his name forward by the deadline and became the candidate by acclamation.
While a provincial election isn’t mandated until 2016, it’s widely anticipated that Premier Jim Prentice will call one within the next couple of weeks. […]
A jubilant group of Hockeyville supporters turned from celebrative to contemplative about 10 seconds after learning if Morinville would be in the Top 2 communities for this year’s Kraft Hockeyville. After listening to much of Saturday night’s Hockey Night in Canada Broadcast, residents found out Morinville was the second community named as being out of the running in the west. […]
More than 50 people gathered at the cultural centre Thursday night to brainstorm and vision how they would spend the $13.75 million in the budget to build an arena/rec facility. Funding options were called for by those who went over the $13 million budget. The exercise gauged whether the public interest in the facility was towards a one-time build or a phased-in approach, and what amenities were the priorities in both approaches. […]
The engineers have signed off on repairs to the Ray McDonald Sports Center intended to prolong the arena’s useable life for a least two years.
A report from Read Jones Christoffersen received by Town Council at its Mar. 24 regular meeting indicated the firm’s satisfaction with the structural repairs completed. […]
Morinville RCMP Detachment has sought input from the Town on its priorities for policing in the upcoming year
The detachment annually requests input from municipal stakeholders to help establish their top three policing priorities for the upcoming year. […]
Morinville residents along with other Albertans will be contributing more to the provincial government led by Premier Jim Prentice to help make up the shortfall in its 2015 budget, brought down today.
However the town itself may not suffer from cutbacks to provincial funding for community services and capital projects. […]
Roger Smolnicky, Director of Recreation and Community Services for the Town of Rocky Mountain House, spoke to Council at their Mar. 24 meeting on the Operational Approach to Recreation Facilities.
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