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Local volunteer returns to El Salvador to lend a hand

Jul 6, 2014 1

by Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – Pleasant Homes co-owner and Morinville and District Chamber of Commerce President Simon Boersma leaves for El Salvador July 8 on a humanitarian trip. The journey is his sixth trip with the Flying Doctors of Canada, a non-governmental, non-profit registered charity made up of general volunteers, doctors, nurses, and other healthcare workers, each committed to helping those most in need. Boersma is part of a group that will spend 10 days in the Central America nation seeing patients, teaching them how to build special stoves, and making a significant contribution to the local economy while they are there… […]

Community news briefs

Jul 3, 2014 2

Acting Staff Sergeant Mark Mathias said the Morinville RCMP have launched a program this summer similar to the Positive Ticketing Program. Whenever an RCMP member encounters youth wearing their helmets, they are presenting them with a coupon for ice cream… […]

RCMP and COP working to reduce thefts

Jul 3, 2014 2

by Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – A bag of screws and a bigger bag of determination are seeing the Morinville RCMP and the Morinville Citizens on Patrol (COP) uniting their efforts for two anti-theft initiatives this summer. The police and their partners are reminding homeowners to lock their cars and their garages, and offering special screws to make it harder for would-be thieves to steal vehicle license plates… […]

Letter: Seat belts RCMP focus for July.

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The Morinville RCMP for the month of July, 2014 will be focusing on occupant restraints.

According to Alberta Transportation, in 2011, 95.1% of Albertans in rural and urban areas were using occupant restraints… […]

Take Note: Upcoming Town info

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Here is some info of importance to Morinville residents… […]

Bon Accord helping local stargazers with Clear Sky Clock

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by Morinville News Staff

Bon Accord – Sturgeon County stargazers are getting help from the Town of Bon Accord after the municipality launched its Clear Sky Clock Monday. In anticipation of their Bon Accord Observatory, the Town of Bon Accord requested and received a Clear Sky Clock to assist hobby astronomers in the region with the weather forecasting needed to do astronomical viewing. The Town believes the Clear Sky Clock will eventually help the Observatory itself… […]

July 2 Print Edition download

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Our weekly print edition will be at our more than 100 locations in Morinville, Cardiff and Legal Wednesday afternoon and Thursday, and in 1200 rural mailboxes Thursday as well. We are a day later this week due to Canada Day falling on our print day… […]

Pilgrimage from Legal to Morinville could become annual event

Jul 2, 2014 2

by Lucie Roy

Legal – Fifteen people started the 20 km walk on a pilgrimage from St. Emile Parish in Legal to the St. Jean Baptiste Parish in Morinville on Saturday 28 June. The adults and three children from St. Albert, Morinville and Legal met at the St. Emile Church in Legal at 8 a.m. to receive a blessing from Father Ignacy Warias, OMI and Father Brian Bricker, OP. The walk started an hour later and was completed as a team effort by 2:30 p.m. Each pilgrim received a certificate and souvenir to attest they had completed the journey… […]

Column: Joe Morinville

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Folks haven’t seen much of me lately in The Morinville News but I bet with summer now here and news getting scarcer than a pay raise from the publisher of this rag I’ll soon be asked to do a full page of my wisdom. But until then, here is a half page on the joys of summer in Morinville… […]

Morinville Tigers capture bronze

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by Stephen Dafoe

Redwater – After a season of struggles the Morinville U-12 Tigers soccer team emerged from a weekend tournament in Redwater with a bronze medal. The Tri-County competition took place of the June 20 weekend and saw the boys battle teams they had struggled with all season… […]

Conservative views: Cultural Programming needs Community Involvement

Jul 2, 2014 2

by Calli Stromner

June 24 marked a significant milestone in the ongoing story of Morinville’s Community Cultural Centre (CCC) and its beleaguered Performance Series. After months of begging and hounding, Council finally received the grim news from administration that the taxpayer-funded series has been bleeding money since January. For the first five months of 2014, the Town has lost at least $26,000 with half of that coming from the Calvin Vollrath show in May… […]

Georges H. Primeau recognizes its excellence

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by Lucie Roy

Georges H. Primeau Middle School took over the Morinville Community Cultural Centre June 25 for their annual awards night. Two sessions were held: one for Grades 5 and 6, and another for Grades 7 and 8. Awards were presented for academic, arts and athletic excellence… […]

Young Naturalist embracing their tree hugging ways

Jul 2, 2014 5

by Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – A relatively new group for youth and families is offering its members an opportunity to learn about nature while having fun at the same time. The Morinville and Area Young Naturalist Club (YNC) is part of Nature Alberta’s YNC network, a nature-focused program with the goal of teaching children between the ages of 5 and 13 as well as their families about nature… […]

Canada Day in photos

Jul 2, 2014 3

Photos by Lucie Roy

The Morinville Historical and Cultural Society hosted their annual Canada Day in the Park event Tuesday afternoon, an event that filled St. Jean Baptiste Park with approximately 500 people who came out to celebrate Canada’s 147th birthday… […]

Council seeks input on photo enforcement at Coffee Night

Jun 26, 2014 4

by Tristan Turner

Morinville – Town Council held an informal Coffee Night at Higher Grounds Espresso Bar June 25 on the future of photo enforcement in Morinville. Approximately 10 residents came out to join Council, all of whom attended the event… […]

MPES seeking Council funding for new playground

Jun 26, 2014 1

by Tristan Turner

At Council’s last meeting before summer recess, Leah Elzinga, President of the Morinville Public Elementary School (MPES) Parent Fundraising Association, made a presentation on proposed new playground equipment to meet the needs of the rapidly growing school, and made a financial request of Council to help support the project. While council confirmed no funding at the meeting, they unanimously supported a motion to have Administration investigate ways the Town might be able to financially support the new equipment and return that information for Council’s August meeting… […]