Legal

Town and County want you to get off the Internet

More children can play a computer by the age of five than can ride a bike. By the time a high school student graduates, they will have spent more time looking at screens than attending class, playing sports and talking with friends combined. […]

Legal

Ambrose meets with County mayors on funding

Sturgeon County mayors and local businesses met with the Honourable Rona Ambrose, Member of Parliament for Edmonton-Spruce Grove and Minister Responsible for Northern Alberta, Jan. 20 in pre-budget discussions. The purpose of the sessions was to get input from municipal and business leaders on job creation, growth and long-term prosperity. The meetings took place at the Morinville Community Cultural Centre. […]

Arts & Culture

Mary’s Veil coming to the Arden

A cast and crew of 44 will bring the life of Mary, the mother of Jesus, to the Arden Theatre stage for four performances running Jan. 30 to Feb. 1. The production is a fundraiser for the West Sturgeon Aging in Place Foundation’s dementia unit. […]

Morinville News

Collision sends one to hospital

submitted by RCMP Morinville, Alberta – On January 16, 2015 at approximately 8:30 p.m., Morinville RCMP and emergency services responded […]

Arts & Culture

The week in Photos

Photos by Lucie Roy and Stephen Dafoe

Here is some of what our lenses captured around Morinville this week. […]

Business

Federal government opens summer job funding

by Morinville News Staff

Employers are being invited to apply for Canada Summer Jobs funding through the Canada Summer Jobs program to help create student jobs. Funding will be available to not-for-profit organizations, public-sector employers and small businesses… […]

Local News

Open house to address Town’s plan for arena and rec facility

by Colin Smith

An upcoming open house will give Morinville and area residents a chance to find out more about a proposed new regional multi-use recreation centre.

The Dec. 11 open house will provide a recap of all of the input that has been compiled so far from the previous open… […]

Arts & Culture

Display to show area farms as they looked in years gone by

by Colin Smith

The farmsteads that dotted the countryside in the 1950s are mostly long gone, sacrificed to agricultural progress. However the bygone era will be summoned again in photographs to be displayed in Morinville this week as part of a travelling photo exhibit which will visit a few northern Alberta communities in November. Kim Bessette of Homestead Aerial Photo will be at the Rendez-Vous Centre on November 21 with a collection of historic images of area farms that were taken from the air… […]

Local News

Cardiff man looking to continue role with Lions International

by Lucie Roy

The historic final Multiple District 37L meeting was held in Edmonton Nov. 1 with several Morinville Lions Club members in attendance. Multiple District (MD) 37L District Governor Bob Hunter of Cardiff also spoke at the event.
In addition to preparing for the Lions International 100-year anniversary in 2017, the Lions are in the midst of a historical re-districting affecting Montana, Alberta… […]