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Survey shows County residents want more amenities and programs

Nov 28, 2010 Comments Off

By Stephen Dafoe

Sturgeon County – Representatives from RC Strategies presented Sturgeon County Council with the findings of a needs assessment study they conducted on the County’s behalf earlier this year. The approximately $50,000 study took stock of existing recreational facilities and programs in Sturgeon County and neighbouring communities, assessing the strengths and weaknesses based on what County residents are using and would use if it were available to them.

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Jets lose in five-round shootout

Nov 28, 2010 Comments Off

By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – Friday night’s 7-6 shootout loss to the North Edmonton Red Wings (13-6-2) was a decidedly different contest than the 12-1 defeat the Wings dealt the Jets Oct. 20, and shows just how well the Jets can play hockey when they want to.

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Jets past catches up with them in alumni game

Nov 28, 2010 Comments Off

By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – Past generations of Morinville Jets kicked off Morinville’s Lite Up the Nite Christmas Festival weekend by lighting up the scoreboard at the Ray McDonald Sports Centre. More than three dozen former Jets took to the ice in home and away jerseys playing for either Team Welsby or Team Maslyk, teams named for former Jet coaches Tom Welsby and Terry Maslyk.

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Vipers extend winning streak to five games

Nov 28, 2010 Comments Off

By MorinvilleNews.com staff

Legal – The Legal Vipers picked up their fifth consecutive win, handily defeating the visiting 1-11-0 Rocky Rams 14-2.
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Community comes through to help Fill-A-Bus

Nov 28, 2010 Comments Off

By MorinvilleNews.com Staff

Morinville – The Town of Morinville’s Community Bus might have been groaning under the weight of generosity Friday night as it hauled away this year’s collection of food donations for the Morinville Food Bank Society and the Knights of Columbus’ Christmas Hamper program.

The bus spent two days as a receptacle for non-perishable food supplies. Morinville schools Notre Dame elementary and École Georges P. Vanier School deposited the food they had been collecting … […]

COP to begin Christmas car patrols

Nov 25, 2010 Comments Off

By MorinvilleNews.com

Morinville – Well known for patrolling the streets of Morinville by car looking for suspicious activities, the Citizens on Patrol are about to begin patrolling on foot looking suspicious themselves.
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Titans bury Avalanche in mid-week outing

Nov 25, 2010 Comments Off

By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – In their sixth consecutive win, the Morinville Titans upset the Noralta Junior Hockey League’s top-ranked Edmonton Avalanche, a team that prior to coming up against the Titans Tuesday night had only been defeated once this season.

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Seniors pick Morinville’s best light displays

Nov 25, 2010 Comments Off

By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – The votes have been tallied from Wednesday night’s judging of Morinville’s Best Lights Competition. Seniors from Aspen House and Heritage Place boarded the Town bus Nov. 25 for a tour of Morinville’s businesses and residences, rating each entry on a scale of one to five for window, yard and rooftop displays as well as the overall effect.

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Library to host crafty fundraiser this weekend

Nov 24, 2010 Comments Off

By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – The Morinville Public Library is taking over the Morinville Parish Hall this Saturday to host a Christmas Craft Fair. The annual event, which takes place during Morinville’s Christmas Festival weekend, brings together local craft makers to showcase what they have to offer to local Christmas shoppers.

But while the craft show provides one-stop-shopping that can help people whittle away at their Christmas gift giving list, it also helps the library throughout the rest of the year.
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Letter: Heartland Transmission Project bad for business

Nov 24, 2010 Comments Off

The Alberta Electric System Operator’s long-term transmission plan is based on a philosophy of ‘if we build it, industry will come’. AESO and its partner, Alberta’s Department of Energy have stated that their vision is that we first build billions of dollars worth of transmission … […]

AMA cautions drivers to watch for mating wildlife

Nov 23, 2010 Comments Off

By MorinvilleNews.com

Sturgeon County – The Alberta Motor Association is hoping Albertans will take a little extra caution and be on the lookout for wildlife. The organization reports that the highest-risk period for vehicles to encounter wildlife, particularly in rural areas, is from late October to late November.

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County settles on Heartland Transmission Project message

Nov 23, 2010 Comments Off

By MorinvilleNews.com Staff

Sturgeon County – Less than a month after committing up to $400,000 to participate in the Alberta Utility Commission’s (AUC) quasi-judicial hearing set to take place in the spring of 2011, Sturgeon County Council voted 5-1 Tuesday morning in favour of accepting recommendations as to what its … […]

Local trustee elected president of ASBA

Nov 23, 2010 Comments Off

By MorinvilleNews.com Staff

St. Albert – Greater St. Catholic Schools trustee Jacquie Hansen, who represents St. Albert on the seven-member school board was elected president of the Alberta School Boards Association (ASBA), an organization that represents Alberta’s 62 locally-elected school boards.

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Landfill rezoning set to go before public hearing

Nov 23, 2010 Comments Off

By MorinvilleNews.com Staff

Sturgeon County – County Council gave unanimous first reading to a bylaw that would rezone the Roseridge Regional Waste Management Facility to Specific Development Control District Ten from its current Intermunicipal Fringe A designation.

The County’s Land Usage Bylaw does not make provision for the operation of a waste management facility on lands designated Intermunicipal Fringe A, a situation … […]

National Block Parent organization alive and well

Nov 23, 2010 Comments Off

In our Nov. 22 article Block Parent program in danger of being forgotten, we quoted local Block Parent association chair Karen Mercier as stating …
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Byfield steps down as Senator-in-waiting

Nov 22, 2010 1

By Stephen Dafoe

Riviere Qui Barre – Six years to the day after he was elected Senator-in-waiting, Link Byfield has stepped down from the position.

Byfield, a founding member of the Wildrose Party and the current Wildrose candidate in the constituency of Barrhead-Morinville-Westlock, said he felt he no longer had a mandate … […]