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April 9 Print Edition download
Our weekly print edition will be at our more than 100 locations in Morinville, Cardiff and Legal Tuesday afternoon and […]
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RCMP investigating Morinville stabbing
RCMP are investigating an incident that occurred in the late evening hours Monday night. Police say suspects stabbed a 22-year-old male with a knife in the lobby of a local apartment building but declined to say where.
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Arts & Culture
Champion donates $32,000 to local groups
by Stephen Dafoe
Morinville – Two community groups were the recipients of $32,000 in sponsorship monies from Champion Petfoods Monday. The local manufacturer donated $20,000 to the Morinville Festival Society and $12,000 to the Orijen Sabretooths, a basketball club formerly known as the Morinville Road Runners. The donations are part of Champions’ ongoing commitment to support local initiatives… […]
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Morinville gathers to recognize its volunteers
Lucie Roy photos
Morinville – Hundreds of local volunteers gathered for food, entertainment and recognition Friday night. The annual Volunteer Appreciation Night took place at the Morinville Community Cultural Centre once again. This year’s theme was I Just Called To Say Thank You. […]
Arts & Culture
Local businesses unite to pump up Morinville’s live music scene
by Morinville News Staff
Morinville – Tuesday night music jams and weekend bands are part of a new partnership between Morinville’s Rednex Bar and Grill, Smith Music and The Morinville News. The unlikely combo of partners and promoters are united in the single aim of promoting the existing music scene in Morinville and adding to it with additional live shows… […]
Business
Chamber ready to Leap into Spring
by Morinville News Staff
The Morinville and District Chamber of Commerce is getting ready to open the gates on their annual trade show, which will take over the Ray McDonald Sports Centre Apr. 11 to 13. Now in its 12th year of operation, the show is operating once again under its Leap into Spring Expo name, but will continue the long-standing tradition of combining local and regional businesses and organizations with plenty of entertainment and a special door prize… […]
Morinville News
Champion Petfoods to invest in dog park
by Morinville News Staff
Morinville – Champion Petfoods announced Wednesday it will be investing in a new off-leash dog park in Morinville.
“We’re committed to supporting Morinville families, and dogs are members of the family too,” said Champion Petfoods President and CEO Frank Burdzy in a release Wednesday. “We’re very proud to be a part of this community and to help make it a wonderful place to live, raise a family, and do business.”… […]
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Morinville man a flood hero
by Stephen Dafoe
Morinville resident David LeBel was the recipient of a citation from the province last week for his efforts assisting last summer with flood relief in High River. The 25-year-old welder and front man for the band Edgore said he was surprised to receive the package in the mail, but grateful for the recognition. “It was really unexpected,” LeBel said. “I opened it up and there was this award. At first I didn’t know how to react… […]
Business
Mixed commercial / residential project coming to downtown
by Stephen Dafoe
Morinville – A new commercial development that will mix 10,700 square feet of commercial space with three stories of residential will be breaking ground on 100 Avenue soon. Located between the Morinville Christian School and Rednex Bar and Grill, the development is scheduled to ready for occupancy in the spring of 2015… […]
Local Sports
Raising funds for local sports proves to be snow much fun
by Stephen Dafoe
Cardiff – Though many slo-pitch players would probably wish the snow would just go away so they can put cleats to grass and shale, it did not stop softball players from hitting the snowy fields at Cardiff Hall recently for the annual Sno-Pitch fundraiser for Youth Basketball. Sixteen teams took to eight makeshift diamonds for the yearly tournament, an afternoon of sports followed by an evening of food and music. Parents of local youth basketball players volunteer to make the event a success…. […]
Local News
April 2 Print Edition
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. This week’s edition is 24 pages of local news, photos and opinion, including coverage on the Morinville Kings big provincials win over the weekend… […]
Local News
Rampant raven throws community into mass madness
by Morinville News Staff
Morinville – A massive power outage Monday caused mass hysteria in Morinville as residents, overfed on disaster movies and too many episodes of the Walking Dead, took to the dark streets in fear the Internet would never come on again… […]
Arts & Culture
Hjelsvold living the blue collar dream
by Stephen Dafoe
Morinville – There is a spring in Darcy Hjelsvold’s step as he walks in for his interview. Fresh from work and decked out in coveralls, the 35-year-old mechanic is the picture of a blue collar worker, an ap- propriate look for a man whose first CD is titled Blue Collar Dream. The co-founder and front man for the local band Ain’t No Rodeo launched the CD to country radio stations across the county Mar. 24 and has already gotten some airplay with the EP’s first single, Knew You When… […]
Arts & Culture
Caviar Players set to take to the stage with one-act plays
by Stephen Dafoe
Morinville – Pastries, plays and philanthropy will mix Apr. 11 when the Caviar Players take to the Morinville Community Cultural Centre’s stage. Billed as a Dessert Theatre, the evening of one-act plays will offer a pair of productions: Cut by Lyle Victor Albert and Bad Auditions by Bad Actors by Ian McWethy. Five dollars from each $25 ticket purchase will be donated to any non-profit group a patron chooses to support with the purchase of their ticket… […]
Morinville News
Photo Radar Open House draws 80
by Calli Stromner
Morinville – Roughly 80 people attended a public Open House on March 26 to learn more about how photo enforcement is conducted within the Town of Morinville. Council members, town administrators, RCMP officers, and the third-party contractor, Independent Traffic Services (ITS), were all on hand to offer information… […]
Local Sports
Van Brabant signed to Calgary Flames
Morinville native Bryce Van Brabant has been signed to the Calgary Flames as a free agent in a two-year contract. The third Morinvillian to be signed to the NHL, 22-year-old Van Brabant has played with the Quinnipiac University Bobcats for the past three seasons… […]