News about Morinville
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Our weekly print edition will be at our more than 100 locations in Morinville, Cardiff and Legal Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday, and in 1200 rural mailboxes Wednesday as well…. […]
News about Morinville
Our weekly print edition will be at our more than 100 locations in Morinville, Cardiff and Legal Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday, and in 1200 rural mailboxes Wednesday as well…. […]
Here is some news and information of importance to Morinville residents. … […]
by Morinville News Staff
Morinville – Red and white will be proudly displayed July 1 when the Morinville Historical and Cultural Society raise the flag in honour of Canada’s 147th birthday. After an absence of many years, the society took on a community Canada Day celebration in 2011 and grew the event in 2012 and 2013… […]
Friends of the Morinville Community Library President Keith Norris received a cheque from Morinville Festival Society Chair Paul Smith in the amount of $1,689.05 just prior to the library’s Comedy Show Friday night. The monies is the Friends share of Farmers’ Market profits from the 2013 season. The Morinville Festival Society took over the market from the friends ahead of the 2013 season and committed to a 10-year profit sharing deal…. […]
by Stephen Dafoe
Rushing into a blazing building to save lives and fight fires is a serious enterprise that requires a proper mixture of skill and stamina, something few people get to see close up. But last weekend’s St. Jean Baptiste Festival provided attendees the unique opportunity to see firefighters from Morinville, Namao, Bon Accord and Hinton putting those skills to the test during the Morinville Fire Department’s Fire Within Combat Challenge… […]
The Morinville Christian School’s 29th Annual Awards Night was held Thursday night at the St. Albert Inn and Suites and included all the school’s Junior and Senior students. Principal Lou Brunelle introduced the school staff, Board members, new families, Elders and special guest Councillor Stephen Dafoe… […]
by Ashley Janes
Morinville – Three red-hot comedians lit up a crowd of 220 people at the Morinville Community Culture Centre Friday night for the Library Comedy Show. This fundraising event effectively kicked off the Saint Jean Baptiste Festival with a well-delivered series of jokes including burns, zingers and one-liners that left audience members rocking in their seats…. […]
Photos by Lucie Roy and Stephen Dafoe
The weekend’s St. Jean Baptiste Festival wrapped up sunday night after three days of activities. From Friday night to Sunday afternoon our cameras covered the majority of events. Here are some highlights from the weekend’s events… […]
by Stephen Dafoe
Morinville – Motorists travelling south of town on Highway 2 have a new land marker in their peripheral vision: a full size airplane elevated 20 feet off the ground. The plane not only provides an interesting addition to the landscape in front of Syd and Nettie Spiker’s property in Sturgeon County; it serves as a fully functioning weathervane. But there is more to the plane than merely marking the entrance to the Spiker home or marking the direction the wind is blowing. The plane is a tribute to the builder, Mike Schiller, a friend Syd Spiker knew for more than 50 years, a man who passed away from cancer last year… […]
Our weekly print edition will be at our more than 100 locations in Morinville, Cardiff and Legal Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday, and in 1200 rural mailboxes Wednesday as well… […]
by Morinville News Staff
Morinville – Two months after announcing it would open a third plant, Champion Petfoods announced it had chosen its partner to build their new kitchen in Auburn, Kentucky. Champion announced Monday afternoon it had chosen Kentucky-based Gray Construction, a leading design-build firm that will assume responsibility for the design and construction of the new custom fitted kitchens. .. […]
by Morinville News Staff
Morinville – It’s another weekend of something for everyone this Friday, Saturday and Sunday. The fifth annual St. Jean Baptiste Festival kicks off Friday afternoon in and around the Ray McDonald Sports Center (arena). Organizers of this year’s volunteer-run community festival are confident this will be the best one yet… […]
by Tristan Turner
Morinville Community Library Manager Isabelle Cramp presented to Council on the library’s activities from January to May 2014. Cramp was excited about growth in library attendance in both regular usage and library-hosted events such as the overbooked Lego Club. Some statistics Cramp shared included… […]
by Stephen Dafoe
Morinville Public Elementary School Parents Fundraising Association members have been actively raising monies for a new playground that will serve both the school’s growing number of students but also the community as a whole. The school has expanded from its initial 280 students in their first year to 420 students this school year, a number that surpasses the capabilities of the existing school playground, one MPESPFA President Leah Elzinga says was intended to accommodate 100 children. As the school is estimated to have 480 to 500 students in the 2014-2015 school year, parents are eager to get a larger playground project underway… […]
The Town of Morinville are advising of a number of development permits, a public hearing and an opportunity for residents to have their voice heard on Council’s revisions to the photo enforcement program. See below for details… […]
Here’s a recap of the week’s events in photos. […]
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