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Little Warriors to offer sex abuse prevention session in Morinville

Apr 3, 2012 Comments Off

By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – Stewards of Children is a three-hour session on child sexual abuse prevention being offered free of charge Apr. 12 at the Morinville Community Cultural Centre. The program is being conducted by Little Warriors, and the Town of Morinville’s Family and Community Support Services Department (FCSS) will be picking up the tab for those community members interested in taking the program… […]

Autism not well understood

Apr 1, 2012 Comments Off

By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – Brooke Levesque looks like any other 12-year-old girl at Georges H. Primeau School, but her penchant for wearing bright pink construction headphones sets her apart from many girls her age. The headphones help Brooke block out unwanted noises when she goes swimming or shopping with her family, noises that can cause behaviours that make Brooke look less like other 12-year-old girls… […]

Rend rocks Morinville families with all-ages show [PHOTOS/VIDEO]

Apr 1, 2012 3

By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – Rock-pop band Rend brought their No Lines tour to the Morinville Community Cultural Centre Saturday night for an all-ages show in support of youth programming in the community…. […]

Local Legion members attend rally

Apr 1, 2012 Comments Off

By Lucie Roy

Onoway – Legionnaires from around the region gathered in Onoway over the weekend for a rally. The Morinville Legion had 13 Branch and one Ladies Auxiliary member in attendance. The annual Rally includes Legion and Ladies Auxiliary members from the Branches in Whitecourt… […]

The weekend in pictures

Apr 1, 2012 Comments Off

Compiled by MorinvilleNews.com Staff

From horn blowing to snow blowing, Morinville had a varied weekend Mar. 30 to Apr. 1. Here’s what our cameras caught this weekend… […]

Monday Morning News – April 2 edition

Apr 1, 2012 Comments Off

The April 2 issue of Monday Morning News hits store counters and shelves Monday morning. This week’s issue is 32 pages of news, views and things to see and do in Morinville all bundled up into one weekly community magazine… […]

Legion buzz raises more than $6,000 for cancer research

Apr 1, 2012 Comments Off

By Lucie Roy

Morinville-Legion and community members gathered to have their heads shaved for cancer at the Morinville Legion on Friday night. At the end of the evening the money raised for the Canadian Cancer Society Fundraise for Life event was more than $6,000 with a few more donations still coming in. Money collected came from participant sponsor sheets, a 50/50 draw, quilt raffle, food served that evening, and additional donations… […]

What’s on this weekend?

Mar 29, 2012 Comments Off

Saturday night will see the Community Cultural Centre rock with the music of Rend. This all ages show is a joint community effort between MorinvilleNews.com, Higher Grounds and the cultural Centre… […]

Penny to run again for Liberals

Mar 28, 2012 Comments Off

By Stephen Dafoe

Barrhead – Health professional Leslie Penny is once again running for the Alberta Liberals in the general election. The long-time Barrhead resident is currently a Manager of Seniors Health with Alberta Health Services and just received a certificate from the Alberta College of Registered Nurses recognizing 40 years in the nursing profession… […]

Council gets some update on Civic Plaza overruns

Mar 28, 2012 Comments Off

By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – Council got some information on the status of an estimated $870,000 cost overrun on Morinville’s Civic Plaza Tuesday night after an absence of the subject on Council’s agenda prompted MorinvilleNews.com to raise the matter during the media’s opportunity to ask questions… […]

Grant running for the EverGreens

Mar 28, 2012 Comments Off

By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – A Morinville mother of two is running for provincial office under the EverGreen banner. Lisa Grant, who ran for the Green Party in the last federal election and for the Alberta Greens in the 2008 provincial election, is once again taking a run at political office… […]

Champion Petfoods compliance agreement nearing completion

Mar 28, 2012 1

By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – A compliance agreement between Champion Petfoods and the Town of Morinville is nearing completion, Council heard Tuesday night. Council had voted unanimously Feb. 14 in favour of pursuing a compliance agreement with Champion to resolve the outstanding odour issue. That agreement seeks mutual understanding between the two parties with respect to time lines on the ongoing issue… […]

Residents likely facing a 5.34 per cent tax increase this spring

Mar 27, 2012 Comments Off

By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – Town Council gave unanimous first reading to its 2012 Property Tax Rate Bylaw, the necessary ingredient to provide the funding for the budget council passed last December. That budget called for the need for $6.8 million in revenue to fund Morinville’s 2012 expenditures and debenture payments… […]

Council approves grant applicants

Mar 27, 2012 Comments Off

By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – Four groups came to Council Mar. 27 looking for $15,000 in Community Grant funding, but Council was not prepared to grant all requests lest it deplete a large portion of its annual grant spending… […]

Break-in not deterring youth plans in community

Mar 27, 2012 1

By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – Standing outside the newly reinforced back door of the Morinville Youth Centre, youth worker A.D. Richardson strikes a determined pose for the camera. But inside both Richardson and the recently reopened youth centre is a greater determination that the recent break-in and theft is not going to deter the plans to have a safe place for youth to meet in Morinville… […]

Grebenstein running for NDP in Barrhead-Morinville-Westlock

Mar 27, 2012 Comments Off

By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – Former labour leader Trudy Grebenstein has entered the Barrhead-Morinville-Westlock race as the NDP candidate. After a decade as President of the Canadian Union of Public Employees Local 3550, Grebenstein felt she still had much to offer and decided to enter provincial politics… […]