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Jets grab another two wins over the weekend

Oct 11, 2011 Comments Off

By MorinvilleNews.com Staff

Morinville – The Morinville Jets stuffed another four points into their record over the Thanksgiving Day weekend. The Jets took to the road Friday night, returning with a 4-2 victory over the Beaumont Braves, and capped it Sunday night at home with a 4-3 overtime victory against the Fort Saskatchewan Hawks. The back-to-back weekend wins brings the Jets to a 5-1-1 record this season and ties them with the St. Albert Merchants for top slot in the West Division of the Capital Junior Hockey League… […]

The other side of firefighting … the bigger side

Oct 10, 2011 Comments Off

Photos by Stephen Dafoe

While it is well known fire fighters rush in when everyone else is rushing out, what is lesser known is that a considerable percentage of the calls the Morinville Fire Department respond to are vehicle collisions. As first responders, the department has a role to play in ensuring the safety of the public as well as ensuring those who may be injured are freed … […]

Delightful treasures benefit HATS

Oct 10, 2011 Comments Off

By Lucie Roy

Morinville – The Share our Bounty garage sale and silent auction hosted by the Morinville & District Hands Across the Sea (HATS) – Grandmothers to Grandmothers Group was held Oct. 8 at the Morinville United Church. Many interesting items were up for sale with all proceeds going to support African Grandmothers through the Stephen Lewis Foundation… […]

Monday Morning News Oct. 10 edition

Oct 10, 2011 Comments Off

The Oct. 10 issue of Monday Morning News hits store counters and shelves today. This week’s issue is 32 pages of news views and things to see and do in Morinville. for those unable to get a copy at one of the 50 locations in town, you can download this week’s… […]

Editorial: It really is all about the power of one

Oct 10, 2011 1

Getting up early to attend a 7:30 a.m. breakfast meeting is no thrill on a good day, and doing it on the day our print publication goes to layout is certainly not a good day. But get up we did, along with a smattering of other Morinville business owners to hear motivational speaker Ian Hill talk about how to increase our business and our sense of community by giving more of ourselves. It was a pretty wild concept for many to take in, particularly at so early an hour… […]

Church group looking to help Morinville food bank

Oct 10, 2011 Comments Off

By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – A knock on the door this Saturday could be your chance to help the Morinville Food Bank Society. With Thanksgiving likely to have put a dent in the local charity’s food supplies, members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Morinville area will be collecting food to help restock the food bank… […]

Al Simmons bringing family show to Morinville

Oct 10, 2011 Comments Off

By Étienne Thevou

Morinville – Charming silliness, truly zany and wonderful lunacy are some of the words Morinville Community Cultural Centre Manager Laurie Stalker and others are using to describe the comedic and musical stylings of Al Simmons, who opens the children’s concert component of the Centennial Concert Series this Saturday night… […]

First Boo at the Barn a success

Oct 10, 2011 Comments Off

Photos by Lucie Roy

Sturgeon County – Halloween came early this year for children and families who participated in the inaugural edition of Boo at the Barn, a Halloween-themed afternoon of spooky fun, tricks and treats put on by the Morinville Centennial Committee at the Sturgeon Agriplex… […]

Readers to vote on next week’s scary cover photo

Oct 10, 2011 7

MorinvilleNews.com / Monday Morning News took part in this past weekend’s Boo At The Barn event at the Sturgeon Agriplex, setting up our camera equipment and taking photos of those who came out in costume to support the Halloween-themed day put on by the Morinville Centennial Committee. We asked those who jumped in front of our lens to put on their best spooky or silly game face and we’d narrow the field of photos down into a group to be judged on by our readers… […]

Centennial committee has spooky event planned for weekend

Oct 6, 2011 3

By Étienne Thevou

Morinville – It’s be there of be scared this Saturday as the Morinville Centennial Committee presents Boo at the Barn, an afternoon-long family event for ghosts, goblins and fun… […]

It’s about building the citizen of tomorrow

Oct 6, 2011 Comments Off

By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – Dressed in a black t-shirt in memory of Apple founder Steve Jobs, motivational speaker and humanitarian Ian Hill took to the stage Thursday – fittingly enough – with a message of change: changing the world by changing the community; changing the community by changing the community member; changing the community member by changing the way that person looks at themselves and the world around them… […]

Morinville Town Council briefs

Oct 5, 2011 Comments Off

By MorinvilleNews.com Staff

Finance committee terms of reference accepted
Morinville Town Council passed terms of reference for their new finance and audit committee at the Oct. 4 meeting of Morinville Town Council. Prior to voting on the actual terms, which outline the roles and responsibilities of the committee, council had some discussion on just how many members of council should be on the committee… […]

Art gets interactive this weekend

Oct 5, 2011 Comments Off

By MorinvilleNews.com Staff

Morinville – A number of local youth have been framed this week, but it’s all been in good fun. Beyond the Frame, an interactive art exhibit from the Art Gallery of St. Albert has set up shop in the Morinville Community Cultural Centre (CCC) and has already had a visit from one school group and the 1st Morinville Beavers ahead of its public opening this Friday night… […]

Busy start for new school

Oct 5, 2011 Comments Off

Submitted by S. Buga

Morinville – On Monday, Oct. 3, students at the Morinville Public Elementary School (MPES) enjoyed a day at Telus World of Science. All of the kindergarten to Grade 4 students got to experience “Bugs” in the IMAX theatre. The group then split up to take in everything from the Bubble Fun program, to the Green Scene (recycling) program, and all of the galleries in between… […]

Noise study reveals interior noise not a problem at cultural centre

Oct 4, 2011 1

By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – Council learned Tuesday evening that the average sound levels from the Morinville Community Cultural Centre are not much higher than normal noise levels recorded prior to the facility’s completion.

Administration delivered a report from Acoustical Consultants Inc. (ACI) that showed the average… […]

Work on Santa Store begins early for volunteers

Oct 4, 2011 1

By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – One could argue not even Santa’s elves have the work ethic of volunteers who work to make the annual Midstream Support Society’s Santa Store a success. As the store is laying the groundwork necessary for the store to open for a 14th year of assisting local families in need to provide one major and one minor gift for their children at Christmas time, volunteers have already begun hitting the pavement looking for assistance with the cause… […]