News about Morinville
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Paul Krauskopf, Tom Hammond and Larry Rivet reading and other patrons were all reading the latest edition of The Morinville News at Friends & Neighbors Family Restaurant Wednesday morning… […]
By Stephen Dafoe
Morinville – St. Andrew’s Anglican Church in Morinville has two new people behind the pulpit these days. Recently joining the church are Reverend Ron Hörst and Deacon Laureta Blondin, a duo who will share responsibilities in leading worship… […]
By Stephen Dafoe
Morinville – Champion has an extra workload ahead of them after an early-morning fire Saturday took out the company’s dryer in Kitchen 2. Morinville fire fighters were called to the local pet food manufacturer around 4:30 a.m. Sept. 8 where they discovered some extremely hot metal.
“Upon arrival the fire fighters discovered the large heater dryer was overheated and the sides… […]
By Stephen Dafoe
Morinville – The Town of Morinville will be spending approximately $35,000 this fall to remove, trim and plant trees in the community. The monies allotted for in the 2012 budget will mostly be used for purchase and planting; however, $10,000 will be used to employ an arborist to trim and prune larger trees… […]
By Stephen Dafoe
Morinville – Community Police Officers (CPO) working in Morinville will now have a pecking order. Council gave final reading to a new bylaw that establishes the rank of sergeant and adds supervisory duties to the rank… […]
By Stephen Dafoe
Morinville – Gord Bamford drummer and band leader Chad Melchert was at his drum kit Saturday night performing when he learned he was this year’s Drummer of the Year winner at the Annual Canadian Country Music Association Awards… […]
Stephen Dafoe
Morinville – Although the infrastructure beneath its streets positions Morinville to provide water and sewer for a population of 30,000, a document worked on by the Town’s Planning and Development Department has been seeking to position the community to handle double its current population of approximately 8,500 residents. That document, Morinville’s Municipal Development Plan… […]
By Stephen Dafoe
Morinville – Council approved $3,862 in Community Grant funding at the Sept. 11 meeting of Morinville Town Council. Applications were received from and approved for the Sturgeon Community Hospital Foundation’s Celebrating Life… […]
By Stephen Dafoe
Morinville – Town Council gave unanimous first reading to a bylaw that would allow town property to be used for a new joint training facility for Morinville and St. Albert fire fighters. Council had previously given thumbs up Aug. 28… […]
By Stephen Dafoe
Morinville – There is a new woman behind the pulpit at Morinville United Church. Alice Hanson recently arrived in Morinville after ministering in Dawson Creek and most recently Spirit River, Alberta. Prior to entering the ministry Hanson spent many years as a teacher. The transition was a natural one for her… […]
By Stephen Dafoe
Morinville – Education Minister Jeff Johnson toured two Morinville schools with Barrhead-Morinville-Westlock MLA Maureen Kubinec Monday morning. The two provincial politicians visited École Notre Dame Elementary School and Morinville Public Elementary School (MPES), the latter formerly École Georges P. Vanier School. Johnson and Kubinec were accompanied by the principals and their respective boards at both Morinville stops. The visits followed tours of two school facilities in Legal earlier that morning… […]
By Stephen Dafoe
Sturgeon County – Like its namesake plant, the Sunflower Community Resource Program towers over the community offering its assistance in a variety of ways. The program covers Sturgeon County and the municipalities within it. It is operated out of an office in downtown Gibbons that is open Monday to Friday from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. to assist those in need as well as the Family and Community Support Services departments of the municipalities… […]
Morinville firefighter Joel Houle and Cpl. Matt Schuman pose for a photo atop Ladder 4. Morinville’s main truck was part of the Edmonton Garrison Fire Service’s Cpl.Matt Schuman’s Barbecue / Show ‘n’ Shine Fundraiser Saturday at the Garrison… […]
By Stephen Dafoe
Morinville – A man remembered for his love of life and his ability to spread that love was laid to rest Saturday. The funeral of Morinville Jets Captain Nick McRae was held at the St. Albert Parish to allow sufficient room for mourners to pay their respects to 21-year-old Riviere Qui Barre resident, killed in an ATV accident south of Edson Sept. 3… […]
Friends of the Morinville Public Library President April Heppleston and Teddy My Bear owner Teresa Brunner pose with the pair […]
By Lucie Roy
Morinville – Five judges weighed the merits of eight chilies Friday afternoon during the Second Annual Morinville Farmers’ Market Battle of the Chilies.
The chilies included a very hot with a death sauce, a medium with a Louisiana sauce, and a gluten-free, no dairy vegan chilli with no meat, the latter made with black, kidney and garbanzo beans, carrots, onion, tomatoes and celery… […]
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