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Boddez appointed Morinville mayor

Aug 27, 2013 1

By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – The community has a new mayor, at least until the next one is sworn in after the Oct. 21 election. Councillor Gordon Boddez was appointed mayor Tuesday night during the Aug. 27 meeting of Morinville Town Council. He fills the mayoral vacancy left by the June 30 passing of Morinville Mayor Paul Krauskopf. After beign appointed mayor, Boddez was sworn in and resumed his regular Council seat and not the chair reserved for mayor.

The discussion was the first order of business at Council’s Aug. 27 meeting. Deputy Mayor Lisa Holmes took nominations from the floor and Councillor Sheldon Fingler put forward Boddez’ name. Boddez was appointed mayor with a unanimous vote of Council… […]

Letter: Morinville’s finest

Aug 27, 2013 2

Dear editor:

Clearly, the people of Morinville are the best. We have never been there, but we should definitely come visit very soon after what happened to us last night [Aug. 25]. Driving home from Vancouver Island on Highway 16 around 10 p.m… […]

Letter: RCMP offer back to school traffic safety tips

Aug 27, 2013 2

Morinville RCMP would like to remind the community to exercise extra caution as students in Morinville and throughout Sturgeon County head back to school on Sept. 3. Morinville RCMP along with the Morinville Bylaw and Sturgeon County bylaw will be in school zones starting next week and throughout the school year in order to ensure that drivers are observing the posted school zone speed limit… […]

Aug. 28 print edition download

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

This week’s edition is 24 pages of local and relevant community news…. […]

Column: Joe Morinville

Aug 27, 2013 1

Hard to believe Labour Day is this weekend. Seems fitting to me because if Labour Day came too early, that means that summer ended too early. Got me to thinking of the high and low points of this past summer… […]

Editorial: A different approach to traffic safety

Aug 26, 2013 4

You might have noticed two things if you happened to be driving westbound on 100 Avenue near the pump house during rush hour Thursday night: The photo radar truck was parked there looking eastbound for those rushing to get out of town, and a guy was standing on the sidewalk with a camera pointed towards the west. I was the man with the camera… […]

Our Morinville and area in photos

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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. Each month we will select one photo as the choice of … […]

Morinville Jets prepping for season start

Aug 26, 2013 Comments Off

By Morinville News Staff

Morinville – The Morinville Jets will commence the 2013/2014 Capital Junior Hockey League pre-season in Morinville with a training camp and upcoming tournament… […]

MCHS hosting four days of volleyball action this fall

Aug 26, 2013 Comments Off

By Morinville News Staff

Morinville – Canada’s largest high school volleyball tournament will return to Morinville Community High School (MCHS) Oct. 17 to 20. The Lions’ Western Canadian Challenge will assemble 48 teams from Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba to compete on five volleyball courts, three in Morinville and another two in St. Albert… […]

Morinville one of 66 communities spotlighted during Alberta Culture Days

Aug 26, 2013 Comments Off

By Morinville News Staff

Morinville – The arts and arts community will be in the spotlight during Alberta Culture Days Sept. 27 to 29. The Town announced Aug. 21 its partnership with the Morinville Historical Society resulted in the society being chosen as one of 66 organizations in the province to receive a Celebration Site Grant and to serve as an official celebration sites for Alberta Culture Days… […]

Emergency Services get a look at new gear [PHOTOS & VIDEO]

Aug 25, 2013 1

By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – It was a heavy week of heavy equipment for the Morinville Fire Department. The department’s new rescue truck arrived Thursday night and was pushed into the department by firefighters, as is tradition. On Friday morning STARS Air Ambulance arrived in Morinville with their new $16 million AW139 … […]

Library kicking off a busy fall of programs

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By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – One might be forgiven for thinking the Morinville Community Library’s programs consist of people sitting around a circle talking about the merits of the latest in literary fiction. While the monthly Between the Covers Book Club is a popular library program, it is but one of 15 programs being offered by or hosted at the library this fall… […]

Sandy Beach resident has eyes and ears set on music

Aug 25, 2013 Comments Off

By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – Taking a break from an Advanced Band Camp rehearsal, 14-year-old Sandy Beach resident Emma Barrick sits down to talk about her love of music. Clearly more comfortable with a guitar and a microphone than a newspaper reporter’s questions, Barrick said she has been singing since she was five, but only picked up the guitar three years ago… […]

Market spicing up September with 3rd Annual Battle of the Chilies

Aug 25, 2013 Comments Off

By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – Whether mild, medium or hot, pots of beans and other ingredients will soon be boiling for the Third Battle of the Chilies at the Morinville Famer’s Market. The Sept. 13 contest will once again assemble the community’s best chili cooks for a chance to win prizes and be crowned top chili maker in one of three chili style categories: Beanies for Wienies, Chili Chili Bang Bang, and Blazing Saddles… […]

Morinville News Council poll results

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The fall municipal election is less than two months away. Over the past couple weeks we have run two informal polls to see where people’s interests in the election are. Below is last week’s poll on Council contenders who have announced their intention to run for a council seat. We’ve also included the results of our earlier mayoral poll… […]

Boutestein looking for a second term

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By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – A love of community and a love of the job she’s held for the past three years are prompting Councillor Nicole Boutestein to seek a second term on Morinville Town Council. She says she does not consider herself a politician and has no intention of ever becoming one. Rather, the life-long resident of Morinville sees herself as someone elected by voters to do a job. She is hoping those voters will elect her to that job once again this fall.

“It is a job. It’s a full-time job,” Boutestein said, adding she puts in about 40 hours each week. “It is a job I have to say I really love. I get up in the morning and I’m happy to go to work.”… […]