Ed Toupin, Manager of North Stations at AltaLink, gave a brief presentation to Council at their May 12 regular meeting. AltaLink is Alberta’s largest transmission company and is responsible for servicing electrical transmission lines that end up delivering power to 85% of Albertans, including those who live in Morinville. […]
Stand up comedy returns to the Morinville Community Cultural Centre June 19 to kick off the annual St. Jean Baptiste Festival weekend. After a successful inaugural year, the Morinville Community Library and board are once again trading checking out books for promoting a live comedy show. […]
Some of us thought spring was here, and some of us thought we’d never see another political party with a majority. Well, spring is here when it comes to the Town’s housing market, with less days on market, inventory is moving faster. […]
Those looking up to the sound of cracks and bangs during this year’s St. Jean Baptiste Festival may be surprised to see they are the sounds of wood chipping and not the sound of fireworks exploding over head. The SJB Festival Committee recently voted in favour of shifting the $5000 usually allotted for a fireworks display to part of the prize package for an international lumberjack competition the group believes will draw spectators out to the normally soft Sunday time slots. […]
It came in like the proverbial lion, dominating debate both here and across the country, sparking protest and anger. But […]
Jessica Weatherly will be competing in her last Youth Dart program in St. Catherines during the May long weekend.
Typically, 10 provinces participate in the Youth National Championships each year. Weatherly is a member of the Alberta Youth Team which consists of two Senior Female, two Senior Male, two Junior Female and two Junior Male team members. Weatherly is joined by three members from Calgary, two from Edmonton, one from Redcliff, and one from Strathmore. […]
Morinville Public School teachers and staff are once again in training for the MS Bike Tour taking place in June.
Educational Assistant Lisa Olson is in her fourth year with the MPS MS team. […]
The Town of Morinville is looking to borrow $1 million to go toward purchase of land for the new/arena recreation centre. […]
The Morinville Public School Community Carnival has kicked the summer off for the past three years a week before the annual St. Jean Baptiste (SJB) Festival. This year, the highly successful event will take place during the latter festival weekend. […]
Georges H. Primeau held their Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.) Graduation for Grade 6 students Friday. The five classes of students lined up to receive their certificates and to be congratulated by Morinville Community Peace Officer Cody Rossing, Principal Allan Menduk, RCMP Constable Jaimie Short, and teachers Scott Raypold and Stacey Schiller. […]
It was a busy week for the arts in Morinville last week. MCHS performed their spring play, the cultural centre hosted two bands as part of National Youth Week, and Dance Connections put on back-to-back recitals on Saturday. Below are some photos and video of the week’s events. […]
Building relationships is going to be the major focus in the immediate future for newly elected Barrhead-Morinville-Westlock MLA Glenn van Dijken.
According to Elections Alberta figures the Wildrose Party candidate topped the polls with 7,205 votes, followed by the NDP’s Tristan Turner with 6,233 and Progressive Conservative incumbent Maureen Kubinec with 4,878. […]
MCHS Performing Arts performed their Spring Play Wednesday night, an entertaining rendition of Is He Dead?
The production told the story of French painter Jean-Francois Millet (Mitch Fraser), on the verge of bankruptcy and looking for a way to meet his creditor’s ultimatum to produce the money of hand over the love of his life.
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Voters in Alberta made history Tuesday night – and they sealed it with an exclamation point.
Rachel Notley and her New Democrats secured a majority victory in an election that was supposed to be a stroll in the park for a powerful Progressive Conservative dynasty that had all but swallowed up its opposition in the province.
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The recent snowfall might have momentarily diverted people from thinking about summer, but Sobeys Morinville are laying out their summer best with an in-store food fair Saturday from 11 a.m. until 4 p.m.
“It’s to get people to come in and try all our great new items,” said franchise owner Shaun Thompson. “We have seven new burgers that have launched in the meat department, […]
Westlock farmer Glenn van Dijken took Barrhead-Morinville-Westlock from PC hands Tuesday night after garnering 39.34 per cent of the vote. Van Dijken received 7,205 votes, 972 more than NDP candidate Tristan Turner who received 6,233 votes (34.03%). PC incumbent Maureen Kubinec came in last with 4,878 votes (26.63%). Van Dijken joins the Wildrose in obtaining a 21-seat opposition voice in the legislature. […]
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