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Fish and Game Association getting ready to BRAG this weekend

By Morinville News Staff

Morinville – A wild boar is about to be served up and ate up by locals at the Community Cultural Centre. The tusked pig will join elk, moose, venison and wild turkey on the menu of the Morinville Fish and Game Associations’ 21st Annual Brag Night Mar. 16.

The annual fundraiser allows local outdoor enthusiasts the opportunity to show off their antlers… […]

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Cardiff Road interchange off the table with provincial budget

By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – Hidden in the depths of Budget 2013-2014 and in the tweets of Twitter comes the revelation the Cardiff Road interchange project has been postponed indefinitely.

In a Twitter question to Parker Hogan, Press Secretary to Rick McIver, Alberta’s Minister of Transportation, HCouncillor Lisa Holmes asked for an update on the Cardiff interchange… […]

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Arts & Culture

They’re mad about Lego

By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – The program room of the Morinville Community Library was filled with the sounds of children being creative Wednesday night. Approximately 22 boys and girls came out to the library’s first Lego Club session, a new program that will be held on the first Wednesday of the month from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

The idea to start the club came from nine-year-old Lego enthusiast and library volunteer Diego Oyarzun who has been working with the plastic connecting blocks since he was four. For Oyarzun, stacking Lego lovers in a room together made as much sense as stacking the blocks together to make something unique. .. […]

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Youth to embrace outdoors during March Break

By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – Like a lot of people, Kelsie Sharun is looking to leave the community during spring break. But the youth worker is looking to take some youth with her on her outing. The Spring Break Outdoor Adventure Camp will take place Mar. 27 and 28 at Camp Nakamun. It is an opportunity for youth between the ages of 12 and 17 to get in touch with nature and with themselves… […]

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Illusionist Ted Outerbridge to appear at Morinville Cultural Centre

By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – Singers, actors, orchestras, jugglers, dancers and bands have all traipsed the Morinville Community Cultural Centre’s stage over the past 19 months, each deemed magical by those who enjoyed the performances. But this weekend for the first time since opening, the cultural centre will raise the curtain on a show that can literally be deemed magical. Outerbridge: Clockwork Mysteries is a stage illusion show featuring Ted and Marion Outerbridge that will appear Mar. 15 and disappear the same evening. […]

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Morinville RCMP investigating armed robbery in town

By Morinville News Staff

Morinville – Police are investigating an armed robbery that occurred late Sunday night at the Morinville Liquor Store. Police were called to the business, located at 10012 103 Street, around 10:15 p.m Sunday evening and learned two males… […]

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Kubinec attending UN session on ending violence against women

By Morinville News Staff

Barrhead-Morinville-Westlock MLA Maureen Kubinec is off to New York as part of Canada’s delegation at the 57th session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (UNCSW) from Mar. 4 to 6. The Honourable Rona Ambrose, federal Minister for the Status of Women, invited Alberta to be part of the Canadian delegation, and Kubinec was selected to represent the province there… […]

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Caring clowns choose connections over comedy

By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – A Wednesday afternoon slow dancing with a new friend is nothing new for Wendy Crowley, at least not when it is her alter ego Chick Lit singing softly as she turns her dance partner around and around. It is a magical experience for those involved and an equally magical experience for those who get to see the smiles on the faces of the dancers. But for Chik Lit and her clowning partners Odelia, Missy Piper and Clara, the real magic is what lies deep beneath the grease paint – a caring heart and a strong desire to make a connection with others… […]

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Fire chief honoured with Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Award

By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – When Morinville Fire Chief Ron Cust was told to wear his uniform and report to Municipal Affairs in Edmonton, he was not sure what to expect. What he found was a set of hands waiting to shake his and to pin a Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal to his chest… […]

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Fortis Alberta and Home Hardware partnering to save energy

By Morinville News Staff

Morinville – Saturday has been set aside for energy savings. Home Hardware has partnered with Fortis Alberta, owner and operator of more than 60 per cent of Alberta’s total electricity distribution network, to provide free energy savings kits to those who come into the store… […]

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Morinville sights and bites

On Wednesday MCHS Principal Todd Eistetter and Vice-Principal Wade Michael, along with teachers, staff and students were dressed in pink in support of the Student Council Pink Shirt Day to promote anti-bullying awareness. On Feb.27 people… […]

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Morinville Council briefs

Council unanimously approved the appointment of Mr. Warren Maskoske to the Subdivision and Development Appeal Board (SDAB) Feb. 26. His term on the board will expire October 2015… […]