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Business

High school hosts afterschool program to inspire young entrepreneurs

by Ashley Janes

Morinville – Beginning Oct. 7, Benita Pedersen, Business Analyst and Project Coordinator with Community Futures Tawatinaw Region (CFTR), will be running a seven-week program called BizKids, taking place each Tuesday from 3:15 p.m. until 5:15 p.m. at the Morinville Community High School (MCHS)… […]

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Local News

Morinville gets a Blooming 4

by Lucie Roy

Morinville received four out of a possible five blooms in the in the Friends-Evaluated Category of Communities in Bloom Alberta Provincial Edition. Four Blooms represents a score of 73 to 81 percent in scoring. Morinville received 78.3 percent. … […]

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Local News

Youth programming back in swing for fall

by Morinville News Staff

A few new programs have been added to the youth mix this fall. The Town of Morinville’s youth coordinators are adding monthly Glow Dodgeball, Teen Movie Nights, and Teen Art Classes. The first two programs started last week, the third is scheduled to begin Sept. 29…. […]

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Local News

Former fire chief to be thrown to the Lions

by Morinville News Staff

Former Morinville Fire Chief Ron Cust has certainly felt the heat after more than a quarter century with the Morinville Fire Department, but the lifelong Morinville resident will soon feel a different kind of heat. Cust is to be roasted Sept. 30 at the Morinville Community Cultural Centre in a special event put on by the Morinville Lions Club… […]

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Arts & Culture

Festival fundraising event a real mouthful

by Stephen Dafoe

Weighing in at roughly five pounds of meat, bun and trimming, the Morinville Monster is a mouthful by anyone’s reckoning. This hamburger of gigantic portions will be the object of one of the more interesting offerings at this October’s Oktoberfest: Food and Jam Festival… […]

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Local News

Family race has an Amazing turnout

by Stephen Dafoe

Saturday’s inaugural Amazing Race was deemed a success by organizers and participants. Twenty-two teams made up of 99 participants took part in the competition that began and ended at the Morinville Community Cultural Centre…. […]

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Local News

Gibbons grants PPCLI Freedom of the Town

by Lucie Roy

Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry (PPCLI) has undertaken a commemorative program to maximize its interaction with Canadians across the country during their centennial year. Saturday’s Freedom of the City parade in Gibbons was one of those occasions. Freedom of the City is an honour granted to military units… […]