Councillor Lisa Holmes was sworn in as Deputy Mayor Apr. 23 and is the last member of Council to be appointed to the position before the fall municipal election. Morinville Councillors have been appointed to the position through the past two-and-a-half years, each serving in the post for six months. Holmes’ appointment runs from Apr. 23 until Election Day, Oct. 21. … […]
By Stephen Dafoe
Morinville – Rising waters on 97 Street and 79 Avenue in South Glens prompted many phone calls to Town of Morinville offices Tuesday as well as a visit from Edmonton’s CTV to investigate the matter.
Melting snow caused a storm pond in the Morinville subdivision to overflow and make its way into the intersection of the two streets as well as backyards. That water had risen to the edge of driveways by Tuesday morning. As of 3 p.m. Tuesday afternoon, Town Administration indicated the waters were already receding and that they would be continuing to work through the night to reduce them more… […]
Went and seen that Oblivion movie Saturday afternoon because it’s got Tom Cruise in it and I never cared for Tom Cruise but I keep given him the chance to make up for all his movies that weren’t very good. Here’s my thoughts on this one… […]
Our weekly print edition will be at our more than 100 locations in Morinville, Cardiff and Legal Tuesday afternoon or Wednesday morning. This week’s edition is another 24 pages of local relevant community news… […]
By Morinville News Staff
Morinville – The Junior B Morinville Jets gathered at the Morinville Curling Club Saturday night to reflect on the Capital Junior Hockey League’s 2012/2013 season. The annual year-end dinner and awards night was an opportunity to recognize the club’s accomplishments over the year, recognize the players that rose to the top, and pay further respect to the memory of Nick McRae (No. 11) who passed away in September of 2012… […]
By Stephen Dafoe
Morinville – Alexis Steak & Pizza will be tossing away their menu for the evening May 4 to bring residents a little baklava and a lot of belly dancing. The newly-renovated restaurant’s Arabian Night will start at 7:30 p.m. and co-owner George Akle said tickets to the limited seating event are going well. […]
Well! Champion Petfoods has its well-deserved and hard earned $5,400 in fines waived. Lots of people are upset.
We are informed by CAO Debbie Oyarzun that “Champion has agreed to stay the course, and the Town has agreed to stay the previously issued tickets.”… […]
By Morinville News Staff
Morinville – This year’s St. Jean Baptiste (SJB) Festival is looking to give attendees more bang for the buck, even though many of the events are free once again. Festival Chair Paul Smith said the Morinville Festival Society is looking to keep the festival as big as it has been in the past, but the plan is to spread the events more evenly over the three days allotted to this year’s summer festival… […]
Photos By Stephen Dafoe
Morinville – The Morinville News Baby Crawl closed Sunday’s entertainment at the Morinville and District Chamber of Commerce’s Leap Into Spring Expo Sunday afternoon. The event, sponsored by Morinville News, Neighbors Vitamin Shop and Higher Grounds Espresso Bar, drew five competitors this year… […]
Photos By Stephen Dafoe
Morinville – The Morinville and District Chamber of Commerce Leap Into Spring Expo filled the arena and curling club with a wide variety of business over the weekend, but the community filled the stage with a wide variety of talent…. […]
By Stephen Dafoe
Morinville – Building on the theme Volunteers Cast a Beautiful Shadow, the Town of Morinville will be spending the week showing how volunteers spread throughout the community like a shadow across a field… […]
By Tristan Turner
Over the weekend of Apr. 13, federal New Democrats held their bi-annual policy convention in Montréal. The convention was host to many policy changes, but in the eyes of the media, the most noticeable policy vote was on the preamble of the party’s constitution… […]
By Stephen Dafoe
Superman’s 75th birthday came and went last Thursday. Three quarters of a century have passed since Action Comics No. 1 was published, a funny book that brought the world one of its most iconic characters… […]
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I have sent emails to MLA Kubinec, talked to her on the phone, and met with Alberta Transportation representatives months ago to suggest temporary solutions to make this corner safer… […]
By Stephen Dafoe
Morinville – Seven months after the Town’s last open house on the possible shape of a future downtown Morinville, the Town is planning another event that indicates the preferred shape is likely to be round. Morinville’s Planning and Development Department will hold a public open house on the Highway 642 Functional Planning Study (FPS) Apr. 25. The event will run from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Morinville Community Cultural Centre. A formal presentation on the project will take place at 7:15 p.m.
The purpose of the FPS is to develop a long-term plan for 100 Avenue that ensures traffic and pedestrian safety on the road, deals with long-term access management into properties off the highway, determines future road requirements and required right-of-ways to allow for growth… […]
Photos By Stephen Dafoe
Georges H. Primeau School brought Beauty and the Beast to the stage of the Morinville Community Cultural Centre Apr. 16 and 17. The show presented by teachers O’Gorman, Rivet, Workun and Riley brought together a cast and crew of 32 students plus a school choir. After many weeks of practices and dress rehearsals, the students performed the classic story for other students Apr. 16 before raising the curtain on the first public show that evening. The first public performance was followed by another well attended presentation Apr. 17. Below are some photos of the Apr. 17 performance… […]
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