News about Morinville
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This week’s edition is the second of our new larger-size / full-colour format. It is a bigger 24 pages of local and relevant community news…. […]
Our Morinville is a new reader-submitted photo section in our weekly print edition. Each week we call on readers to submit their photos for publication. Each month we will select one photo as the choice of the month. That reader will receive a $100 Shop in Morinville gift … […]
By Stephen Dafoe
Morinville – Four black and white photos sit on a dining room table, each telling part of the story of how a father and his three sons restored St. Jean Baptiste Church’s steeple cross in 1956 after the religious symbol had been struck by lightning in a summer storm. They are all that remain between Rita Samborski of Morinville and Cecile Schultz of Legal, sisters whose father and brothers did the original job… […]
By Stephen Dafoe
Morinville – A piece of Rocky Mountain railroad history has been preserved on a garage door in Morinville. St. Albert muralist Robert Murray completed a painting of a steam engine coming out of a tunnel on Frank Koenig’s garage last week. … […]
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Bar break-in
Morinville RCMP responded to a commercial alarm at Shotgun Sally’s on the corner of 100 Avenue and 100 Street Aug. 1 at approximately 3:56 a.m. On arrival, police observed entry had been gained through the back door of the business… […]
Photos by Stephen Dafoe
Morinville – Football, wrestling and karate may be three distinctly different sports, but a handful of local youth had the opportunity to experience a bit of each July 29 to 31… […]
By Lucie Roy
Cardiff – John Hamilton sits at a table holding a picture taken at the age of 18 when he was in the Royal Canadian Navy. Although it’s been 60 years since the end of the Korean War, the memories of his time serving in the navy during that conflict and beyond are like it was yesterday when he was young and felt indestructible.
Hamilton said he took his training at Cornwallis after he joined the navy in 1951 as a cadet. “Cornwallis was all navy then,” he said. “RCN forever.” He went to the naval airbase… […]
The Morinville News has teamed up with the Morinville Veterinary Clinic to help get some of our community’s stray animals adopted out to good homes. We have produced a little video segment to let you see the animals currently in needs of homes, and we encourage our readers to share this segment with your friends… […]
Mud flew from car tires to audience members Saturday afternoon at the Fête au Village Demolition Derby Saturday afternoon. The annual event drew plenty of spectators again this year for the metal-on-metal action. As is always the case – firefighters were on hand with hoses and extinguishers to extinguish any flames that popped up… […]
OUR MORINVILLE Our Morinville is YOUR opportunity to show us YOUR love of community through YOUR camera lens. Beginning with our first issue in August reader photos published in the Our Morinville section will be eligible for a $100 Shop in Morinville Prize. The best photo of the month will receive a $100 gift voucher … […]
By Stephen Dafoe
Morinville – Justin Hogg is a familiar face in Morinville’s music scene, having performed frequently at school and community events for a number of years. But the 20-year-old singer / songwriter’s dedication to his craft is taking him to new gigs and new opportunities outside the community. In the past six months Hogg has opened for two major country music artists. He’s hoping to one day enjoy the same success as those he has opened for.
“I’m really looking at going commercial with my music and bringing it to the radio and promoting it that way,” Hogg said, adding he would love to have more people hear his music. “It’s just expanding, really. Taking bigger steps in my career.”.. […]
Stephen Dafoe Photos
Morinville’s search to award above average gardens designed and maintained in the community proved to be no easy task. The annual contest is an extension of the Town of Morinville’s strong belief in encouraging environmental responsibility… […]
By Stephen Dafoe
Morinville – A whirring and beeping box the size of a 1980s microwave sits on a coffee table, its robotic arm tracing patterns in melting plastic as people gather around to watch the machine’s programed dance. Named the Replicator, which is no doubt a nod to the Star Trek device that would churn up a cup of coffee or some exotic alien alcohol for Jim Kirk and his crew, the device is a far cry from the sci fi unit that could create something out of nothing in a fraction of a second. Despite its slowness, Trevor Meister finds his 3D printer fascinating… […]
By Stephen Dafoe
Morinville – Coach’s Corner owner Lawrence Giffin is the fifth resident to declare they will run for Council in the fall election. Giffin has lived in Morinville for the past four years and has been an active volunteer during that time, most notably with the Morinville Lions Club and through his work on a number of local fundraisers for breast cancer, autism and the Midstream Support Society’s Santa Store.
Giffin said he is a person who likes to make a difference and fells the only way to do that is to be part of the process. It is that belief, combined with some concerns about how things have been done, that prompted him to take a run at a Council seat… […]
By Stephen Dafoe
Morinville – The Morinville and District Chamber of Commerce (MDCC) is calling on Deputy Mayor Lisa Holmes to call a special meeting of Council immediately in order to fill the chair left vacant by the passing of Mayor Paul Krauskopf… […]
By Stephen Dafoe
Morinville – Long-time resident Carrie Foss has entered the race to be the next mayor of Morinvile. Foss, who has lived in the community for 14 years and spent seven of those years serving separately as Chamber and Lions Club president. She joins Deputy Mayor Lisa Holmes and Shotgun Sally’s proprietor Christa Naughton in vying for the mayoral seat.
Foss was initially going to run as councillor, but all but one of the people she talked to told her she should run for mayor. “I think a lot of it has to do with past experience in the community,” Foss said. “I was the Chamber president for four years and really fought tooth and nail for a lot of the businesses for a lot of the things that were going on… […]
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