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Morinville RCMP charge four men in Yellowbird homicide investigation

Feb 16, 2018 Comments Off on Morinville RCMP charge four men in Yellowbird homicide investigation

Morinville, Alberta – Investigators from the RCMP’s Major Crimes Unit (MCU) and the Morinville RCMP Detachment have charged four men with first-degree murder in the investigation into the October 17, 2017, discovery of Kevin Dean Yellowbird’s body in a rural area in Sturgeon County.
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Alberta RCMP and Alberta Rural Crime Watch Association sign official partnership

Feb 15, 2018 Comments Off on Alberta RCMP and Alberta Rural Crime Watch Association sign official partnership

A memorandum of understanding, outlining the roles RCMP and the Province’s Rural Crime Watch Association will play in keeping rural communities safe throughout the province was signed Thursday in Edmonton by Deputy Commissioner Todd Shean, Commanding Officer, Alberta RCMP and Mr. Trevor Tychkowsky, President of the Alberta Provincial Rural Crime Watch Association.
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Council approves second reading of budget after $301,656 in cuts

Feb 15, 2018 6

Morinville ratepayers will be seeing a smaller increase to their property tax rate than expected at first reading of Morinville’s budget after more than a quarter million dollars was slashed from the budget during second reading, dropping a proposed tax increase from 6 per cent to 4.9 per cent with one last opportunity to make reductions later this month. […]

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Council approves $2,500 instructor contract to Councillor Balanko

Feb 15, 2018 Comments Off on Council approves $2,500 instructor contract to Councillor Balanko

Morinville will be renewing an annual contract with Councillor Rebecca Balanko up to a limit of $2,500 following a unanimous motion of council. The contract is for seasonal educational programing for children in Morinville, both the GIRLS (Girls in Real Life Situations) and BOYS (Boys Owning Your Situation) programs. […]

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Morinville Dairy Queen helping Jessica Martel Foundation

Feb 15, 2018 Comments Off on Morinville Dairy Queen helping Jessica Martel Foundation

Dairy Queen Morinville is hoping to see a lot of people lined up to buy Blizzards on Mar. 1, a day they have marked to help the Jessica Martel Memorial Foundation.

The local restaurant will donate all proceeds from Blizzard Sales to the charitable group who work with victims of Domestic Violence.
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Morinville RCMP investigate theft of gas

Feb 13, 2018 Comments Off on Morinville RCMP investigate theft of gas

On February 9, 2018 Morinville RCMP responded to a complaint of a theft of gasoline from a residence in Cardiff that occurred February 8, 2018 between 7 a.m. and 7:30 a.m. Surveillance video shows a male suspect coming up to a residence and taking a jerry can of gas. […]

Arts & Culture

Canada’s Pink Floyd coming to St. Albert

Feb 13, 2018 1

PIGS are starting 2018 with the second leg of a 12 week, 45-date tour that started out at the end of September at the Port Theatre in Nanaimo and took the band across Canada as far as Sydney, Nova Scotia. The second leg of the ‘LEFT + RIGHT Canada Tour’ features dates in Saskatchewan, BC, and Alberta and will take them to more than 15 cities halfway across Canada and back. PIGS will be making its debut performance in St. Albert on Tuesday, February 20 at the Arden Theatre. […]

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Cultural Centre hoping Dufflebag Theatre is the slipper that fits

Feb 12, 2018 Comments Off on Cultural Centre hoping Dufflebag Theatre is the slipper that fits

For more than a quarter-century, the “nearly world-famous” Dufflebag Theatre has travelled the country and the globe offering creative spins on classic stories and fairy tales.

The group returns to town Friday, Mar. 2 to present Cinderella, the classic story of a young woman living a sad life with her wicked stepmother and stepsisters.
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