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Morinville Council Briefs

Apr 23, 2013 Comments Off

Holmes appointed last Deputy Mayor for this Council term Councillor Lisa Holmes was sworn in as Deputy Mayor Apr. 23 […]

Evans Sturgeon County Volunteer of the Year

Apr 23, 2013 2

By Lucy Roy

Sturgeon County Volunteer of the Year Susan Evans is flanked by Mayor Don Rigney and Councillor Tom Flynn at the Sturgeon County
Volunteer Appreciation Evening held Tuesday night. Evans was nominated by the Cardiff Community Club and supported by Sturgeon Adult Learning Council, the Morinville Rotary Club and community members. Evans is Chairperson of the MCHS Council, secretary with the Rotary Club of Morinville, a member on the Youth Strategy Committee… […]

Emergency Management Bylaw passes first reading

Apr 23, 2013 1

By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – A new Emergency Management Bylaw, designed to better fit a more comprehensive emergency management model created by the province and the Alberta Emergency Management Agency (AEMA), passed first reading Apr. 23.

The proposed bylaw would provide authorization and direction to Council to deal with emergencies in the community, including declaring a … […]

The day in photos

Apr 23, 2013 Comments Off

Councillor Lisa Holmes was sworn in as Deputy Mayor Apr. 23 and is the last member of Council to be appointed to the position before the fall municipal election. Morinville Councillors have been appointed to the position through the past two-and-a-half years, each serving in the post for six months. Holmes’ appointment runs from Apr. 23 until Election Day, Oct. 21. … […]

Town continuing work on South Glens flooding

Apr 23, 2013 2

By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – Rising waters on 97 Street and 79 Avenue in South Glens prompted many phone calls to Town of Morinville offices Tuesday as well as a visit from Edmonton’s CTV to investigate the matter.

Melting snow caused a storm pond in the Morinville subdivision to overflow and make its way into the intersection of the two streets as well as backyards. That water had risen to the edge of driveways by Tuesday morning. As of 3 p.m. Tuesday afternoon, Town Administration indicated the waters were already receding and that they would be continuing to work through the night to reduce them more… […]

Local restaurant bringing a taste of Lebanon to town

Apr 22, 2013 1

By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – Alexis Steak & Pizza will be tossing away their menu for the evening May 4 to bring residents a little baklava and a lot of belly dancing. The newly-renovated restaurant’s Arabian Night will start at 7:30 p.m. and co-owner George Akle said tickets to the limited seating event are going well. […]

SJB Festival looking to spread the joy by spreading it out a bit

Apr 22, 2013 1

By Morinville News Staff

Morinville – This year’s St. Jean Baptiste (SJB) Festival is looking to give attendees more bang for the buck, even though many of the events are free once again. Festival Chair Paul Smith said the Morinville Festival Society is looking to keep the festival as big as it has been in the past, but the plan is to spread the events more evenly over the three days allotted to this year’s summer festival… […]

Boisvert the fastest baby in Morinville

Apr 21, 2013 Comments Off

Photos By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – The Morinville News Baby Crawl closed Sunday’s entertainment at the Morinville and District Chamber of Commerce’s Leap Into Spring Expo Sunday afternoon. The event, sponsored by Morinville News, Neighbors Vitamin Shop and Higher Grounds Espresso Bar, drew five competitors this year… […]

Morinville business community gathers the talent

Apr 21, 2013 1

Photos By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – The Morinville and District Chamber of Commerce Leap Into Spring Expo filled the arena and curling club with a wide variety of business over the weekend, but the community filled the stage with a wide variety of talent…. […]

Volunteer Appreciation week underway in Morinville

Apr 21, 2013 Comments Off

By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – Building on the theme Volunteers Cast a Beautiful Shadow, the Town of Morinville will be spending the week showing how volunteers spread throughout the community like a shadow across a field… […]

Open house to revisit the future shape of Morinville’s downtown area

Apr 21, 2013 Comments Off

By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – Seven months after the Town’s last open house on the possible shape of a future downtown Morinville, the Town is planning another event that indicates the preferred shape is likely to be round. Morinville’s Planning and Development Department will hold a public open house on the Highway 642 Functional Planning Study (FPS) Apr. 25. The event will run from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Morinville Community Cultural Centre. A formal presentation on the project will take place at 7:15 p.m.

The purpose of the FPS is to develop a long-term plan for 100 Avenue that ensures traffic and pedestrian safety on the road, deals with long-term access management into properties off the highway, determines future road requirements and required right-of-ways to allow for growth… […]

Primeau’s Beauty and the Beast ends successful two-day run

Apr 17, 2013 Comments Off

Photos By Stephen Dafoe

Georges H. Primeau School brought Beauty and the Beast to the stage of the Morinville Community Cultural Centre Apr. 16 and 17. The show presented by teachers O’Gorman, Rivet, Workun and Riley brought together a cast and crew of 32 students plus a school choir. After many weeks of practices and dress rehearsals, the students performed the classic story for other students Apr. 16 before raising the curtain on the first public show that evening. The first public performance was followed by another well attended presentation Apr. 17. Below are some photos of the Apr. 17 performance… […]

The week in photos

Apr 17, 2013 1

A day of faith Georges H. Primeau Middle School Principal Vic Pedersen with Greater St Albert Catholic School Religious Education […]

CAO says decision to wave fines based on legal recommendation

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By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – In a joint press release issued Apr. 10, Champion Petfoods and the Town of Morinville announced they had found some common ground on odour mitigation. In consideration for Champion staying the course on their odour mitigation efforts, the Town would wave $5,400 in tickets Champion had been issued prior to making progress on reducing odour from the local plant.

Over the past week there have been questions raised by residents wanting to know just who on Council made the decision to wave the fines… […]

Morinville in search of third youth worker in nine months

Apr 15, 2013 1

By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – The Town’s Community Services department is once again in search of someone to work with Morinville youth after Kelsie Sharun, Morinville’s latest youth worker, announced she would be leaving Apr. 17 to accept a position with Edmonton Public Schools as a substitute teacher.

Morinville’s youth worker answers directly to the Town’s Family and Community Support Services coordinator, Karin Debenham, who joined Community Services in last December, filling a gap left vacant for a few months… […]

The weekend in photos

Apr 14, 2013 Comments Off

A jazzy affair

Brothers Arnt Arntzen on guitar and Evan Arntzen on saxophone (shown) were joined by Jennifer Hodge on bass, and Andrew Millar on drums to complete The Blues Berries, a quartet who brought their Jazz, Jive and Wail show to the Morinville Community Cultural Centre Saturday afternoon… […]