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Group for GIRLS helping young woman understand themselves

Oct 9, 2012 Comments Off

By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – Zumba music blares from the program room of the Morinville Community Library as more than a dozen girls between the ages of 11 and 18 learn about themselves in a fun way. The Girls in Real Life Situations (GIRLS) program started Oct. 2 and will run for the next five Tuesday evenings, offering young women an opportunity to become more comfortable with who they are in a society that too often tells them they shouldn’t be… […]

Sturgeon Victim Services reaches milestone

Sep 24, 2012 Comments Off

By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – Cake was cut, wheels were spun, and plenty of information was presented in the entrance of Town Hall Monday afternoon. Sturgeon Victim Services (SVS) have been making the rounds of the municipalities they serve in recognition of providing those services for the past two decades.

Program Coordinator Donna McPherson said victim services have existed in the province for 30 years. The Sturgeon Victim Services unit has been around for two thirds of that time. “We’re one of the longer-running programs… […]

Morinville Community Library lowers card fees for County residents

Sep 18, 2012 3

Morinville – Sturgeon County residents will now pay the same rate as Morinville residents for their library cards after the library’s board voted in favour of user fee parity. The change in County rates took effect Sept. 17 and Sturgeon County residents will now pay $10 for an adult, $6 for children and seniors, and $20 for a family. Membership fees are good for one year from date of activation… […]

Sunflower building helping in three ways

Sep 10, 2012 Comments Off

By Stephen Dafoe

Sturgeon County – Like its namesake plant, the Sunflower Community Resource Program towers over the community offering its assistance in a variety of ways. The program covers Sturgeon County and the municipalities within it. It is operated out of an office in downtown Gibbons that is open Monday to Friday from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. to assist those in need as well as the Family and Community Support Services departments of the municipalities… […]

County and Town team to enforce Off Highway Vehicle Bylaw

Aug 20, 2012 8

By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – A new pilot enforcement project in Morinville has been made possible through the assistance of Sturgeon County. The County is lending Morinville one of its enforcement-equipped ATVs to allow Morinville peace officers to traverse the same terrain as those illegally driving off road vehicles within Town of Morinville limits.

Morinville Community Peace Officer James Alaeddine explained the purpose of the 60-day pilot project is mainly to raise awareness of … […]

RCMP responds to two major collisions in two days

Aug 15, 2012 Comments Off

By Morinville News Staff

Sturgeon County – A 79-year-old man from the Fort Saskatchewan area is dead after a collision Tuesday afternoon.

RCMP responded to a report of a collision between a car and a petroleum truck around noon Aug. 14. The collision took place on Highway 28 at the intersection of Range Road 235 in Sturgeon County… […]

Harvest Days puts big spin on small town

Aug 12, 2012 Comments Off

Photos by Stephen Dafoe

Bon Accord – This past weekend’s Harvest Days in Bon Accord continued this year’s trend of local community festivals being bigger than the year before. Bon Accord followed Morinville’s expanded St. Jean Baptiste Festival and Legal’s 50th anniversary edition of Fete au Village with a much larger Harvest Days event…. […]

Sturgeon County Ag Services Tour loads the buses

Aug 6, 2012 Comments Off

By Lucie Roy Photos

Sturgeon County – The annual Sturgeon County Ag Tour pulled in some solid numbers this year, loading three buses of County residents, farmers and provincial government representatives for a tour of value added agriculture in the county.
Below are some pictorial highlights of the day’s activities… […]

The weekend in photos

Aug 6, 2012 Comments Off

They’ll go medieval on your …
Students of the KnightHaven Medieval Day Camp demonstrate a charge on Friday afternoon on their final day of the week-long Camp held at the Legal Centralta Community Centre. Students learned about heraldry, … […]

Bon Accord ready to harvest excitement this weekend

Aug 6, 2012 Comments Off

By Morinville News Staff

Bon Accord – A harvest of fun and entertainment is being planned for the Aug. 10 to 12 weekend. Eva Scrimshaw, Events and Recreation Coordinator for Crow’s Nest Community Services, a joint initiative between the towns of Gibbons and Bon Accord, said people can expect a great time at Harvest Days, an annual summer celebration that often draws attendees in excess of the community’s population…. […]

Cardiff woman running her own race

Aug 1, 2012 Comments Off

By Stephen Dafoe

Cardiff – Whether it is running on a Sunday morning through Cardiff Park or running one seventh of a grueling trail run in southern Alberta, 39-year-old Calli Stromner runs mainly for herself. The Cardiff resident took up the sport two years ago to develop a greater sense of health and wellbeing, but primarily to come of some prescription antidepressants she felt were inhibiting her life. .. […]

Fête au Village celebrates 50 years [PHOTOS]

Jul 29, 2012 Comments Off

Photos by Lucie Roy and Stephen Dafoe

Legal’s Fête au Village turned 50 over the weekend and the community put together a celebration worthy of a half century of existence. Here are some photographic highlights of the weekend’s entertainment… […]

Storseth makes Rotary stop in Morinville

Jul 25, 2012 Comments Off

By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – Westlock-St. Paul MP Brian Storseth paid a visit to the Morinville Rotary Club July 25, an early morning stop on the heels of his town hall meeting in Fedorah July 24, a meeting that drew about 20 people to hear the MP speak on his private member’s bill to repeal Section 13 of the Canada Human Rights Act…. […]

Williams Energy looking to Invest in County

Jul 24, 2012 Comments Off

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Sturgeon County – Williams Energy is considering building a propane de-hydrogenation (PDH) facility near Redwater. The proposed facility would convert propane recovered from off-gas processing into Propylene. The project value is estimated at $600-800 million and the facility would be the first of its kind in Canada… […]

Martel foundation looking to turn tragedy into hope

Jul 15, 2012 Comments Off

By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – The tragic death of Jessica Martel at the hands of her common-law husband in the spring of 2009 left her three children motherless and her family deprived of a loved one. But the tragedy of her murder has kindled a spark of hope for women in abusive situations. The Jessica Martel Memorial Foundation is looking to build a shelter for women in Sturgeon County, a safe house in memory of a woman who paid the ultimate price for remaining in an abusive situation… […]

Storseth to speak on Human Rights Act at meeting in Fedorah

Jul 15, 2012 Comments Off

By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – Westlock-St. Paul MLA is looking to educate constituents about what he sees as the overzealous bureaucracy that exists within Canada’s Human Rights Act. He has scheduled a town hall meeting for July 24 at the Fedorah Hall near Bon Accord and will speak on his Private Member’s Bill, An Act to Amend the Human Rights Act: Protecting Freedom, which passed the House of Commons in June… […]