A few days ago, while I was coming home from work at around 4:15 pm, I was driving down 100 Ave at the east entrance to Morinville. I was doing the speed limit (50KPH) and heading to Sobeys. There wasn’t a lot of traffic, but suddenly, there were two vehicles behind me that … […]
by Stephen Dafoe – photos by Jolie Misener
Edmonton – It was gold medals all around for the Bantam Morinville Orijen Sabretooths over the weekend. After sweeping their regular season 15-0, the Bantam Girls took to playoffs at the Saville Community Sports Center in Edmonton, emerging with the city championship… […]
The Morinville Public School Junior High Open House was held Thursday night with an information session on the options for Grade 7 students starting in September 2014.Currently at more than 415 students and steadily growing they expect to reach the 520 mark next year. The sign up sheets were available for the complimentary courses with a Sports Academy, Dance Academy and Rock Band. Other courses such as drama, fine arts, robotics and digital photography are already covered … […]
Edmonton – Alberta Urban Municipalities Association (AUMA) members were pleased to hear Premier Redford announce this morning her commitment to striking the Premier’s Council by September 2014. Members of the AUMA Board met earlier today with the Premier to discuss issues and how to move forward…. […]
A little red truck will show up in Morinville later this month, a vehicle filled with actors, costumes and props, items necessary for a major stage production where the community is the cast. The Missoula Children’s Theatre is bringing their knowledge and skill to town to put on a week of rehearsals and two performances of The Wizard of Oz. All they need are 60 young people to help them… […]
In the early morning of Feb. 19th, two males driving an older model GMC truck extended cab entered a property on Range Road 250 near Sturgeon Road and stole fuel, a Chevrolet truck and a yellow flatbed trailer. The two males are said to be in their 20s, of slim build but were covering their head and part of their faces at the time. The stolen truck was recovered a few days later in Gibbons without the trailer… […]
The Musée Morinville Museum will recognize International Women’s Day Mar. 8 with three exhibits: ISKWEWAK (Women) of Alexander First Nation Display, the Pioneer Women’s Exhibit and the Prominent Women of Morinville Display. […]
by Lucie Roy with Morinville News files
Morinville – More than 800 pancakes were served Tuesday at École Notre Dame Elementary School to 485 students and staff waiting to participate in the Annual Shrove Tuesday Breakfast. Many volunteers were on hand to lend a hand. Grade 3 students helped serve pancakes and juice as part of their Service Project towards Development and Peace… […]
Our weekly print edition will be at our more than 100 locations in Morinville, Cardiff and Legal Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday, and in rural mailboxes Wednesday as well. If you are unable to obtain a copy at one of our more than 100 locations… […]
Our Morinville is an opportunity to view life through our community members’ lenses. Photos can be of this and surrounding communities, cool photos from places our readers have visited. The pages are wide open on possibility. Each month we will select one photo as the choice of the month. That reader will receive a $100 Shop in Morinville gift certificate… […]
Blue, white and pink flags will soon be flying over municipalities in Alberta as communities raise the Franco-Albertan flag in honour of Rendez-vous de la Francophonie (RVF), running Mar. 7 to 23. Although many communities will hold their flag raising Mar. 7, Morinville is set to hoist their flag Mar. 14 at 11 a.m… […]
Morinville – It’s a Monday night and the program room of the Morinville Community Library is filled with the sounds of sewing machine motors whirring and women laughing. The mixture of mechanical and mirthful sounds is the result of a group of eight local women, all members of the Loose Threads Quilting Club, who have been enjoying the social and creative aspects of quilting for the past four years… […]
“Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food” is an often quoted line accredited to Hippocrates, the father of modern medicine, the author of the Hippocratic oath which still binds doctors to “. . . never do harm to anyone.” Famous for establishing medicine as an independent profession with governing principles, he acknowledged one of the fundamental precepts of good health – what we take into our body affects the health of our body. […]
I am a supporter of any enforcement initiatives that make our communities safer. I feel the public has been kept in the dark by our provincially elected officials relating to why we only see photo radar in municipalities versus rural Alberta. Alberta municipalities saw reductions in provincial funding in the late nineties. The province developed the Automated Traffic Enforcement Guidelines to allow municipalities to generate additional revenue within the boundaries of the municipalities… […]
Jackie Green, manager of the Sturgeon Atom 4 Mustangs offers her thanks to the coaches who helped the team this season. Here is what each team member said about the year… […]
Jessica Weatherly of Morinville will once again be one of the youth dart players to represent Alberta at the Nationals. Weatherly competed in the 2014 Dart Alberta Youth Provincial Championships held Saturday and Sunday Feb. 22 and 23 at the Moose Lodge in Edmonton. She placed first in Senior Darts and will be a member of the Alberta Youth Team at the 2014 Youth National Championships to be held in Halifax in May… […]
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