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Take note: Upcoming Town Info
Do you have the garden that your neighbours peek over the fence at and admire? Let the town know as they are looking for the best gardens in Morinville… […]
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The week in photos
Morinville resident Kassandra Reaume, a member of Canada’s Under 21 team, explained how canoe polo Is played in a CBC interview that aired over the weekend. If you missed it, you can view it online at www.cbc.ca.
– Submitted Photos.. […]
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Local volunteer returns to El Salvador to lend a hand
by Stephen Dafoe
Morinville – Pleasant Homes co-owner and Morinville and District Chamber of Commerce President Simon Boersma leaves for El Salvador July 8 on a humanitarian trip. The journey is his sixth trip with the Flying Doctors of Canada, a non-governmental, non-profit registered charity made up of general volunteers, doctors, nurses, and other healthcare workers, each committed to helping those most in need. Boersma is part of a group that will spend 10 days in the Central America nation seeing patients, teaching them how to build special stoves, and making a significant contribution to the local economy while they are there… […]
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Community news briefs
Acting Staff Sergeant Mark Mathias said the Morinville RCMP have launched a program this summer similar to the Positive Ticketing Program. Whenever an RCMP member encounters youth wearing their helmets, they are presenting them with a coupon for ice cream… […]
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RCMP and COP working to reduce thefts
by Stephen Dafoe
Morinville – A bag of screws and a bigger bag of determination are seeing the Morinville RCMP and the Morinville Citizens on Patrol (COP) uniting their efforts for two anti-theft initiatives this summer. The police and their partners are reminding homeowners to lock their cars and their garages, and offering special screws to make it harder for would-be thieves to steal vehicle license plates… […]
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Bon Accord helping local stargazers with Clear Sky Clock
by Morinville News Staff
Bon Accord – Sturgeon County stargazers are getting help from the Town of Bon Accord after the municipality launched its Clear Sky Clock Monday. In anticipation of their Bon Accord Observatory, the Town of Bon Accord requested and received a Clear Sky Clock to assist hobby astronomers in the region with the weather forecasting needed to do astronomical viewing. The Town believes the Clear Sky Clock will eventually help the Observatory itself… […]
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July 2 Print Edition download
Our weekly print edition will be at our more than 100 locations in Morinville, Cardiff and Legal Wednesday afternoon and Thursday, and in 1200 rural mailboxes Thursday as well. We are a day later this week due to Canada Day falling on our print day… […]
Legal
Pilgrimage from Legal to Morinville could become annual event
by Lucie Roy
Legal – Fifteen people started the 20 km walk on a pilgrimage from St. Emile Parish in Legal to the St. Jean Baptiste Parish in Morinville on Saturday 28 June. The adults and three children from St. Albert, Morinville and Legal met at the St. Emile Church in Legal at 8 a.m. to receive a blessing from Father Ignacy Warias, OMI and Father Brian Bricker, OP. The walk started an hour later and was completed as a team effort by 2:30 p.m. Each pilgrim received a certificate and souvenir to attest they had completed the journey… […]
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Morinville Tigers capture bronze
by Stephen Dafoe
Redwater – After a season of struggles the Morinville U-12 Tigers soccer team emerged from a weekend tournament in Redwater with a bronze medal. The Tri-County competition took place of the June 20 weekend and saw the boys battle teams they had struggled with all season… […]
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Young Naturalist embracing their tree hugging ways
by Stephen Dafoe
Morinville – A relatively new group for youth and families is offering its members an opportunity to learn about nature while having fun at the same time. The Morinville and Area Young Naturalist Club (YNC) is part of Nature Alberta’s YNC network, a nature-focused program with the goal of teaching children between the ages of 5 and 13 as well as their families about nature… […]
Arts & Culture
Canada Day in photos
Photos by Lucie Roy
The Morinville Historical and Cultural Society hosted their annual Canada Day in the Park event Tuesday afternoon, an event that filled St. Jean Baptiste Park with approximately 500 people who came out to celebrate Canada’s 147th birthday… […]
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Council seeks input on photo enforcement at Coffee Night
by Tristan Turner
Morinville – Town Council held an informal Coffee Night at Higher Grounds Espresso Bar June 25 on the future of photo enforcement in Morinville. Approximately 10 residents came out to join Council, all of whom attended the event… […]
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MPES seeking Council funding for new playground
by Tristan Turner
At Council’s last meeting before summer recess, Leah Elzinga, President of the Morinville Public Elementary School (MPES) Parent Fundraising Association, made a presentation on proposed new playground equipment to meet the needs of the rapidly growing school, and made a financial request of Council to help support the project. While council confirmed no funding at the meeting, they unanimously supported a motion to have Administration investigate ways the Town might be able to financially support the new equipment and return that information for Council’s August meeting… […]
Arts & Culture
Community Cultural Centre series underperforms
by Calli Stromner
Council got its first look at next year’s Community Cultural Centre Performance Series line-up and another snapshot at how this year’s cultural offering has fared at the box office. Administration provided the information as a response to a Council request made during the June 10 meeting… […]
Business
Morinville to see another 92 residential units built
by Calli Stromner
A Council decision to change the zoning of 10 acres of residential land will set the stage for the creation of a new 92-unit medium density housing development in west Morinville. Council unanimously approved Bylaw 15/2014 which amends the zoning of the Landrex-owned property on 107 St. directly across from the Town’s Public Works building… […]
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Morinville Council Briefs – June 24, 2014
by Calli Stromner
During the final meeting before summer break, Council ploughed through a massive agenda that included three public hearings, passage of two land-use related bylaws, the new off-site levy bylaw, Community Grant Applications, and updates on the Town website and Community Cultural Centre entertainment series… […]