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Local News

Fingler wins vacant Morinville Council seat by narrow margin

Sep 20, 2012 6

By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – Sheldon Fingler will be sworn in as councillor Monday night by Barrhead-Morinville-Westlock MLA Maureen Kubinec after winning the majority of votes in Thursday’s municipal by-election. Fingler received 263 votes, beating his closest rival, Kevin Wedick, by 32 votes.

Fingler is the owner of Infinite Event Services and is perhaps best known in the community for his involvement with the Morinville and District Chamber of Commerce. The candidate ran a strong campaign through the election… […]

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Morinville News

Pleasant Homes ready to help food bank once again

Sep 19, 2012 Comments Off on Pleasant Homes ready to help food bank once again

By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – Pleasant Homes is putting on their philanthropic hats once again to help the Morinville Food Bank Society. The local home builder is preparing for their annual garage sale and will once again be matching every dollar raised from the sale… […]

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Local Sports

Hockey on hold as Morinville works to get ice ready

Sep 19, 2012 2

By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – The echo of pucks bouncing off the boards is absent from the Ray McDonald Sports Centre these days. Although hockey season has begun, the Town is still working on getting equipment working so the ice can remain frozen.

Morinville’s Director of Public Works, Claude Valcourt, said the work has been going on since the problem was discovered when the ice was first put in this season… […]

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Local News

Around the town in photos

Sep 18, 2012 Comments Off on Around the town in photos

Park full of Rotarians
Rotarian Gib Boddez (left) and Tom Bell work on beautifying the Rotary Park Tuesday night. About a dozen Rotarians and future Roatarians came out for the annual park clean up efforts. – Stephen Dafoe Photo… […]

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Local News

Wednesday print edition

Sep 18, 2012 Comments Off on Wednesday print edition

Our weekly print edition will be at our more than 100 locations in Morinville, Cardiff and Legal Wednesday morning. This week’s edition is 48 pages (our biggest yet) of our regular round up of local relevant news plus responses to this week’s election question from each of the six candidates for Councillor. If you are unable to obtai… […]

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Editorial & Opinion

Column – Joe Morinville

Sep 18, 2012 Comments Off on Column – Joe Morinville

This, That, Fall Sucks and an Election

1 The days are shorter, the wind is howling and the fricking leaves are all over my yard!

2 The election is winding down and one came to visit me and left his view of the future, but in doing shared some
observations about the past…. […]

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Arts & Culture

Town hoping adults and youth will get on Community Services Band wagon

Sep 18, 2012 Comments Off on Town hoping adults and youth will get on Community Services Band wagon

By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – The sound of music will soon be pouring out of the Morinville Community Cultural Centre. It won’t be refined music, at least not at first. But musician and music teacher Paul Smith and Town of Morinville Youth Worker Nick… […]

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Editorial & Opinion

Editorial: Will you elect the right candidate?

Sep 18, 2012 Comments Off on Editorial: Will you elect the right candidate?

If you didn’t vote in the advance poll, you still can do so Thursday at the Morinville Community Cultural Centre. That is the official Election Day and your last opportunity to put in your two cents on who should take the seventh seat on council.

The seventh seat is a critical seat on this council and the reason why Council voted … […]

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Morinville News

Morinville Community Library lowers card fees for County residents

Sep 18, 2012 3

Morinville – Sturgeon County residents will now pay the same rate as Morinville residents for their library cards after the library’s board voted in favour of user fee parity. The change in County rates took effect Sept. 17 and Sturgeon County residents will now pay $10 for an adult, $6 for children and seniors, and $20 for a family. Membership fees are good for one year from date of activation… […]

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Morinville News

By-election polls open in Morinville

Sep 18, 2012 1

By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – Morinville’s councillor by-election polls opened Tuesday afternoon at 3 p.m. The advance poll was set to run until 8 p.m. Tuesday evening.

Election day will be Thursday Sept. 20. Polls will be opened from 10 a.m. until 8 p.m. at the Morinville Community Cultural Centre… […]

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Morinville News

Vandals back in action in Morinville

Sep 17, 2012 Comments Off on Vandals back in action in Morinville

By Morinville News Staff

Morinville – Spray paint-wielding vandals were back in action over the weekend. Police report sometime during the overnight hours of Sept. 15, an unknown individual or individuals spray painted the words Six Shooters on the front of a travel trailer parked in the 95 Avenue and 96 Street area of Morinville… […]

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Province

Lougheed to lie in state at Alberta Legislature

Sep 16, 2012 Comments Off on Lougheed to lie in state at Alberta Legislature

By Morinville News Staff

Edmonton – Albertans can pay their respects to former Premier Peter Lougheed at the Alberta Legislature Monday and Tuesday. Lougheed, who passed away Sept. 13 at the age of 84, will be lying in state in the rotunda of the Alberta Legislature in Edmonton and visitors may pay their respects from 10:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday, Sept. 17, and from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 18… […]

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Editorial & Opinion

Letter: Edmontonian not happy with ticket availability

Sep 16, 2012 6

I’m writing to express my concern, disappointment and frustration with ticket sales and promotions for events at the Morinville Community Cultural Centre. My wife and I live in Edmonton and are great lovers of the arts. Not only do we support our local symphony, opera, and several Edmonton theatre troupes, we frequently buy tickets to events in outlying areas… […]

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Local Sports

Mavericks take to ice for sixth season

Sep 16, 2012 Comments Off on Mavericks take to ice for sixth season

By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – Saturday mornings will soon see the bleachers of the Ray McDonald Sports Centre full of parents, grandparents and other relatives enthusiastically watching children play hockey. But for three hours each Saturday what will set the players on the ice apart from many other teams that will occupy the rink that day and throughout the week is the range of ages and genders playing together on the ice…. […]