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Adopt-a-Pets [VIDEO]

The Morinville News is pleased to partner with the Morinville Veterinary Clinic to bring these adopt-a-pet segments to our readers. Here are this week’s animals up for adoption. […]

Arts & Culture

Country Fair provides variety of activities [VIDEO]

The Morinville Festival Society held their annual Country Fair Saturday at the Ray McDonald Sports Center. The event included a farmers’ market, bench fair and a number of activities, including a couple of sports events.

The event wrapped up Saturday night with the farm-to-table dinner and a street dance. […]

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Poker run remembers Erin Doyle [video]

Engines revved Saturday afternoon as more than 100 riders departed from Kilroy’s Pub in Legal for the annual Erin Doyle Memorial Poker Run. All proceeds from this year’s event go to Kids with Cancer. […]

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Police investigate motorcycle fatality

At approximately. 8:35 p.m. Wednesday night, Morinville RCMP members were dispatched to a single vehicle collision on Highway 2, just south of the Highway 2 and Secondary Highway 642 overpass. […]

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Collision claims life

At approximately 11:12 am Morinville RCMP were dispatched to a two-vehicle collision on Highway 2 between Township Road 572 and secondary highway 651. […]

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Ambrose talks economy and security with local Rotarians

Canada’s economy and national security were the main topics of a 20-minute presentation to local Rotarians by Federal Minister of Health and Sturgeon River–Parkland Conservative candidate Rona Ambrose Aug. 12.

The Rotary visit was Ambrose’s second to the Morinville club. Her first visit was where she announced she would be running in the newly announced Sturgeon River — Parkland riding. […]

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Legal’s Arinn Young helps forge another medal win

Legal resident, Arinn Young, and the Canadian Parapan Am Women’s Wheelchair Basketball Team, captured silver at the Toronto 2015 Games on Friday after dropping the gold-medal final 80-72 to the United States. The silver-medal finish earns Young’s team a berth into the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. […]

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Week in photos

Sunflowers burst and bloom in a Morinville Garden. Last week Communities in Bloom judges visited the community to do their evaluation. See page 12 for story. […]

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Rona Ambrose speaks to local Rotarians [VIDEO]

Federal Minister of Health and Sturgeon River / Parkland Conservative candidate Rona Ambrose was the guest of the Rotary Club of Morinville Wednesday morning.

Ambrose’s roughly 20 minute presentation focused on two topics – the economy and national security.

Below are tow videos of Wednesday’s presentation.
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Arts & Culture

Communities in Bloom judges visit Morinville

Communities in Bloom judging took place in Morinville on Wednesday. Judges Doug Hornbeck and Berta Briggs did a tour of the town with Allen Jacobson, Community Development Coordinator, and Donald Fairweather, Operations Manager. […]

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Bon Accord named Canada’s first International Dark Sky Community

Over the past few years, Bon Accord has been embracing stargazing with its move towards preserving dark skies and encouraging tourism to those who want to view the stars. That effort has now paid off.

Bon Accord is the eleventh community in the world to receive International Dark-Sky Association (IDA) status but the first Canadian community on the list. […]

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Town says chemical spill posed no environmental or human risks

Nearly seventeen litres of spilled paint on 100 Street Monday afternoon closed the road for three hours but posed no environmental or human risk; the Town told media Wednesday afternoon.

Morinville RCMP received a call Monday afternoon around 3:30 p.m. about a chemical spill on 100 Street in the area of the industrial park. Morinville Enforcement Services was asked to attend the call. […]

Arts & Culture

Locals take part in world’s greatest scavenger hunt

Three local women spent an entire week stepping outside their comfort zones while putting a smile on plenty of faces.

Collette Bachand, Paige Brenneis and Alexis Ebert took part in GISHWES – The Greatest International Scavenger Hunt the World Has Ever Seen.
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Town and community group partner to peddle their plants

Plants and bicycles met volunteer hands Aug. 5 at the Town of Morinville and Morinville Centennial Community Gardens gathered to do something decorative and green in honour of last weekend’s Tour de l’Alberta cycling event.
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Week in photos

Morinville residents Linda Lyons and Cliff Haryett have created a few laughs in their neighbourhood with their photo radar lawn ornament, Harryett recently built as a conversation piece. […]