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Market spicing up September with 3rd Annual Battle of the Chilies

Aug 25, 2013 Comments Off on Market spicing up September with 3rd Annual Battle of the Chilies

By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – Whether mild, medium or hot, pots of beans and other ingredients will soon be boiling for the Third Battle of the Chilies at the Morinville Famer’s Market. The Sept. 13 contest will once again assemble the community’s best chili cooks for a chance to win prizes and be crowned top chili maker in one of three chili style categories: Beanies for Wienies, Chili Chili Bang Bang, and Blazing Saddles… […]

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Aug. 21 print edition download

Aug 20, 2013 Comments Off on Aug. 21 print edition download

Our weekly print edition will be at our more than 100 locations in Morinville, Cardiff and Legal Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday morning…. […]

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Our Morinville (and area) Photos

Aug 19, 2013 Comments Off on Our Morinville (and area) Photos

Our Morinville is an opportunity to view life through our community members’ lenses. Photos can be of our and surrounding communities, cool photos from places our readers have visited. The pages are wide open on possibility… […]

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St. Andrews Anglican demolished

Aug 13, 2013 Comments Off on St. Andrews Anglican demolished

Photos by Lucie Roy

Morinville – St. Andrew’s Anglican Church was demolished Tuesday morning, nearly two months after the church was destroyed in an early morning fire.

The church, destroyed June 17 was home to local Anglicans and well as the Father’s House Christian Fellowship. The latter faith group used the building for offices and a local youth ministry… […]

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Police briefs

Aug 12, 2013 Comments Off on Police briefs

By Morinville News Staff

Legal Liquor heist

RCMP are looking for information that would lead to the arrest of those involved with a break and enter to the Legal Liquor Warehouse in the early morning hours of Aug. 12. … […]

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Our Morinville … and Legal … in photos

Aug 6, 2013 Comments Off on Our Morinville … and Legal … in photos

Our Morinville is a new reader-submitted photo section in our weekly print edition. Each week we call on readers to submit their photos for publication. Each month we will select one photo as the choice of the month. That reader will receive a $100 Shop in Morinville gift … […]

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Sisters recall a different church restoration project

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By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – Four black and white photos sit on a dining room table, each telling part of the story of how a father and his three sons restored St. Jean Baptiste Church’s steeple cross in 1956 after the religious symbol had been struck by lightning in a summer storm. They are all that remain between Rita Samborski of Morinville and Cecile Schultz of Legal, sisters whose father and brothers did the original job… […]

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July 31 Print Edition Download

Jul 30, 2013 Comments Off on July 31 Print Edition Download

This week’s edition is the first of our new larger-size / full-colour format. It is a bigger 24 pages of local and relevant community news, including plenty of candidate coverage… […]

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July 24 – print edition download

Jul 23, 2013 Comments Off on July 24 – print edition download

Our weekly print edition will be at our more than 100 locations in Morinville, Cardiff and Legal Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday morning. This week’s edition is another 24 pages of local, relevant community news…. […]

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Band camp offers music students additional lessons

Jul 18, 2013 Comments Off on Band camp offers music students additional lessons

By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – While many youth were enjoying the summer heat this week, two groups of music lovers were hunkered down at Smith Music on 100 Street learning musical set lists from scratch. The local music school held two band camps this week – a beginner’s camp for children aged 6 to 12 and an advanced camp for youth 12 and older. The weeklong camp culminates in a Friday evening show for the friends and family of participants… […]

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Weekend in photos

Jul 14, 2013 Comments Off on Weekend in photos

We’re headed for the rhubarb
Morinville Centennial Community Gardens Society member Paula Collins was getting the rhubarb ready for the homemade pastry and cakes cooking class held Thursday night at the Morinville Community Cultural Centre. More than 15 people showed up for the session. – Lucie Roy Photo… […]

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Local realtor to run for Morinville Council

Jul 11, 2013 1

By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – Re/Max Real Estate Agent Wayne Gatza has announced he will run for a Council seat in the fall Municipal General Election. Gatza has lived in Morinville since 1996 and served in the Armed Forces as a medical assistant for 20 years… […]

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Morinville couple together for more than three decades

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By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – It’s been 32 years since Dennis and Karen McCammon took their wedding vows at a small ceremony in Edmonton. The couple will celebrate more than three decades together Friday evening with a small dinner gathering at Alexis Steak and Pizza.

“I can stand her and she can stand me,” Dennis McCammon said. “We met in Edmonton and we’ve been together for 32 years. I love her and I care for her.”… […]