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Morinville News

Former Councillor Joseph Trapani to run again

Sep 8, 2013 1

By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – Former Councillor Joseph Trapani will be running for a Council seat in the 2013 election. A resident of Morinville since 1996, Trapani is a widower with two children, Jessica 23 and Christopher 22. Trapani was first elected to Council by acclamation in 2007. He lost his mayoral bid against incumbent Lloyd Bertschi in 2010 by a 141-vote margin.

Trapani said he believes those who run for office should do so for the good of the town and not for their own agenda or future political ambitions. “You have to love and care about the Town of Morinville and not be afraid to tell the world that you are from Morinville and are proud of it,” Trapani said. “Be a candidate because you care and not because it would look good on your resume.” … […]

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Local Sports

Roadrunners get new name and look

Sep 6, 2013 Comments Off on Roadrunners get new name and look

By Stephen Dafoe

The Morinville Youth Basketball Association, who have run under the name the Morinville Road Runners for the past eight years, will take to the courts this season as the Morinville Orijen Sabretooths. The new name reflects the $12,000 sponsorship the Morinville Youth Basketball Association received from Champion Petfoods, the maker of Orijen bran pet foods, gave to the association earlier this year…. […]

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Local News

Town holds ceremony for new rescue truck

Sep 6, 2013 Comments Off on Town holds ceremony for new rescue truck

By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – The Town of Morinville rolled out the red ribbon Thursday night to officially launch the Morinville Fire Department’s new $850,000 rescue unit.

The Pierce Quantum Heavy Rescue Truck arrived at the Morinville Fire Department Aug. 22 and was ceremonial put into service by the department’s firefighters, who have been training on the truck for the past two weeks ahead of Thursday night’s public launch… […]

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Local News

The day in photos

Sep 3, 2013 Comments Off on The day in photos

A trio of card sharks enjoy a game of Scribbage, a derivative version of Cribbage, at Higher Grounds Espresso bar on 100 Avenue Tuesday afternoon. The coffee shop will host a cribbage tournament Friday evening… […]

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Legal

Our Morinville and area in photos

Sep 3, 2013 Comments Off on Our Morinville and area in photos

Our Morinville is an opportunity to view life through our community members’ lenses. Photos can be of our and surrounding communities, cool photos from places our readers have visited. The pages are wide open on possibility…. […]

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Local News

Sept. 4 Print Edition Download

Sep 3, 2013 Comments Off on Sept. 4 Print Edition Download

Our weekly print edition will be at our more than 100 locations in Morinville, Cardiff and Legal Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday morning. […]

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Legal

Morinville and Legal – The Weekend in photos

Sep 2, 2013 Comments Off on Morinville and Legal – The Weekend in photos

Jane Hurl, Trail Boss of the Wild Pink Yonder Charitable Society and her son Rusty Hurl, the Sheriff, presented Kareen Tucci, Legal’s Pink Trail Committee President with a miniature sign at the family event held in… […]

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Editorial & Opinion

Healthy Routes Column: What’s with all the zucchini?

Sep 2, 2013 Comments Off on Healthy Routes Column: What’s with all the zucchini?

By Gladys Kublik, owner Neighbors Vitamin Shop

This is the burning question my husband and some of my customers have been asking this year; which they sometimes follow with a rueful shake of the head and an expression that softly says “She’s crazy, but harmless.”… […]

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Editorial & Opinion

Progressive Views Column: Prorogation Tactics

Sep 2, 2013 Comments Off on Progressive Views Column: Prorogation Tactics

Recently, the Prime Minister announced that he would ask the Governor General to prorogue this session of Parliament until a Speech from the Throne that is likely to come in late October… […]

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Local Sports

Morinville Sports Shorts – Football Camp & Jets Pre-Season

Sep 2, 2013 Comments Off on Morinville Sports Shorts – Football Camp & Jets Pre-Season

The Morinville Community High School field served as the venue for a four-day introduction to football last week. Organizers say the camp drew roughly two-dozen local youth to learn the warm ups, techniques and complex rules of Canadian football… […]

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Local News

Second quarter report gives out the numbers

Sep 2, 2013 Comments Off on Second quarter report gives out the numbers

Enforcement services experiences many calls, fewer tickets

Enforcement Services covered considerable ground in the second quarter of 2013, responding to a total of 477 calls. Of those stops, officers issued 19 bylaw tickets, gave out 60 provincial offence warnings, and issued another 48 provincial tickets… […]

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Morinville News

Community Grant Policy sees some changes

Aug 29, 2013 Comments Off on Community Grant Policy sees some changes

By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – A year after Council initially requested revisions to the Town’s Community Grant Policy, a revised draft document came to Council Aug. 27 with some significant recommended changes. Council spent 40 minutes discussing the revisions before sending it back to Administration for tweaking. The document will come back to Council Sept. 10 for possible decision… […]