News about Morinville
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By Morinville News Staff
Morinville – The Morinville Jets will commence the 2013/2014 Capital Junior Hockey League pre-season in Morinville with a training camp and upcoming tournament… […]
By Stephen Dafoe
Morinville – It was a heavy week of heavy equipment for the Morinville Fire Department. The department’s new rescue truck arrived Thursday night and was pushed into the department by firefighters, as is tradition. On Friday morning STARS Air Ambulance arrived in Morinville with their new $16 million AW139 … […]
By Stephen Dafoe
Morinville – One might be forgiven for thinking the Morinville Community Library’s programs consist of people sitting around a circle talking about the merits of the latest in literary fiction. While the monthly Between the Covers Book Club is a popular library program, it is but one of 15 programs being offered by or hosted at the library this fall… […]
By Stephen Dafoe
Morinville – Whether mild, medium or hot, pots of beans and other ingredients will soon be boiling for the Third Battle of the Chilies at the Morinville Famer’s Market. The Sept. 13 contest will once again assemble the community’s best chili cooks for a chance to win prizes and be crowned top chili maker in one of three chili style categories: Beanies for Wienies, Chili Chili Bang Bang, and Blazing Saddles… […]
The fall municipal election is less than two months away. Over the past couple weeks we have run two informal polls to see where people’s interests in the election are. Below is last week’s poll on Council contenders who have announced their intention to run for a council seat. We’ve also included the results of our earlier mayoral poll… […]
By Stephen Dafoe
Morinville – A love of community and a love of the job she’s held for the past three years are prompting Councillor Nicole Boutestein to seek a second term on Morinville Town Council. She says she does not consider herself a politician and has no intention of ever becoming one. Rather, the life-long resident of Morinville sees herself as someone elected by voters to do a job. She is hoping those voters will elect her to that job once again this fall.
“It is a job. It’s a full-time job,” Boutestein said, adding she puts in about 40 hours each week. “It is a job I have to say I really love. I get up in the morning and I’m happy to go to work.”… […]
By Stephen Dafoe
Morinville – She was named Zero, a name given to her because she looked like the dog in the Tim Burton film A Nightmare Before Christmas. But the death of the McClinton family’s beloved 15-month-old blue heeler / pit-bull mix has turned to a personal nightmare for the McClintons, one they don’t want to see happening again to someone else’s animal or child.
Michelle McClinton said the dog got loose from her property on 87 Street and Highway 642 Aug. 14. She believes the animal may have chased a rabbit across the highway towards the pump house. “She went across the street and apparently she was sitting on the meridian… […]
Our Morinville is an opportunity to view life through our community members’ lenses. Photos can be of our and surrounding communities, cool photos from places our readers have visited. The pages are wide open on possibility… […]
By Ashley Janes
Morinville – If you have traveled down 100th Avenue in Morinville anytime over the past two months, you may have noticed that Don’s Bar and Bistro is no longer open, the steakhouse having officially closed its doors on June 15th. What you may not have noticed is that on Saturday, August 10th, a new restaurant opened in Don’s former location. The Bistro Di Madre Piccola, specializing in International fare leaning towards Italian, is open for business despite its temporary lack of front signage… […]
By Stephen Dafoe
Morinville – A local longboarder took to the rolling slopes of Edmonton’s River Valley over the weekend, competing in the Rogue 7 20K Longboard Race. The race drew roughly 200 longboarders to the city and offered a $1,000 purse for the first-place finisher… […]
By Stephen Dafoe
Morinville – Higher Grounds Espresso Bar will be hosting a charity cribbage tournament Sept. 6 at 7 p.m., the first of a series of adult evenings to mix cards, coffee and local charities in one sitting… […]
By Stephen Dafoe
Morinville – From its office on 100 Avenue, a building that doubles as a tourism information facility, the Morinville and District Chamber of Commerce (MDCC) is focusing its attentions on tourism in the community and region.
A recent press release put out by the Chamber extolled the virtues of tourist destinations in the region, including Jurassic Forest, Prairie Gardens, the performance series at the Morinville Community Cultural Center, and the various museums and historic attractions in the region. The Chamber sees tourism as a critical economic and cultural component to the community and region, one that impacts taxis, restaurants, shops, hotels and convention centres… […]
By Morinville News Staff
Morinville – In their third press release in a month, the Morinville and District Chamber of Commerce (MDCC) is now calling on the community to pull together to procure a full-time doctor for Morinville… […]
Photos by Lucie Roy
Morinville – St. Andrew’s Anglican Church was demolished Tuesday morning, nearly two months after the church was destroyed in an early morning fire.
The church, destroyed June 17 was home to local Anglicans and well as the Father’s House Christian Fellowship. The latter faith group used the building for offices and a local youth ministry… […]
By Morinville News Staff
Legal Liquor heist
RCMP are looking for information that would lead to the arrest of those involved with a break and enter to the Legal Liquor Warehouse in the early morning hours of Aug. 12. … […]
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