By Stephen Dafoe
Morinville – Customers walking into Servus Credit Union Thursday morning might have thought the cake laying on a table waiting to be cut was just another of the many mini celebrations local business frequently have for their staff or customers. But the slab of frosted desert lying before them represented seven decades of serving the financial needs of Morinville residents.
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By MorinvilleNews.com Staff
Morinville – It was a night of high honours, high rollers and high stakes poker Thursday night as the Morinville and District Chamber of Commerce gathered at the Parish Hall to hand out its 2010 business awards.
By Stephen Dafoe
Morinville – Nearly two months into the school year, the advertisements and reminders to slow down in school zones have all been packed away for another year. But for volunteer members of Morinville’s Citizens on Patrol, the need to remind motorists to check their speed is a year round mission, not just something to talk about when summer is over.
By MorinvilleNews.com Staff
Morinville – Although Monday’s election results are already well-known around town, MorinvilleNews.com has obtained figures on Monday’s voter turnout.
By Stephen Dafoe
Legal – Senior hockey fans are gearing up for this Saturday night’s home opener for the Legal Vipers. The North Central Hockey League season got under way for the Vipers last Saturday night in Drayton Valley with a 4-1 road win for the club.
By MorinvilleNews.com Staff
Gibbons – A knock on the door from three individuals seeking help resulted in a Gibbons homeowner being assaulted last August. RCMP are now turning to the public for help in solving the crime.
By MorinvilleNews.com Staff
Red Deer – Wildrose Alliance Leader Danielle Smith released the party’s Municipalities and Infrastructure policy at Red Deer City Hall Thursday, a document the leader refers to as a work in progress like the party’s other policies.
By Stephen Dafoe
Edmonton – Wednesday night’s 12-1 loss to the North Edmonton Red Wings gave the Morinville Jets their most humiliating defeat this season and extended their losing streak to five consecutive losses.
By MorinvilleNews.com Staff
Morinville – It’s not every day that a group of three year olds are allowed close access to a cougar, but students at Morinville Tiny Tots soon found out Tuesday afternoon that this cougar had no fur or whiskers. Rather, the cougar was a large military vehicle that once trained soldiers in the skills needed to operate tanks.
By MorinvilleNews.com Staff
Edmonton – With Waste Reduction Week in full swing throughout the province, the Alberta Government announced Tuesday that Albertans have set a new record in beverage container recycling.
By MorinvilleNews.com Staff
Edmonton – The province announced Tuesday that long-term care facility operators will adjust accommodation fees beginning Feb. 1, 2011 to reflect increases in operating costs. However, the government is planning to cap the increases at three per cent to maintain affordability.
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Dear Editor:
Words have been spoken, people have spoken, the ballots counted and the signs are coming down and now the work begins. There are exciting times ahead and council must prepare to get down to business, remember the words we spoke and the words we heard.
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Next, congratulations to Mayor Lloyd Bertschi and to the six councillors. Having read all the articles that have been written in Morinvillenews.com and attending the All-Candidates Forum, I believe that all 10 people who ran for councillors should be congratulated for coming forward and hope those that didn’t win will come forward again in the next election.
By MorinvilleNews.com Staff
Morinville / Legal – Given three options for two school trustees on the ballot, Morinville voters elected Lauri-Ann Turnbull and Noreen Radford to the Greater St. Albert Catholic Region Division 29 school board with 930 and 906 votes, respectively, leaving candidate Heather Thiessen with 850 votes to try again in another three years.
Regardless of the outcome on Monday I just wanted to thank my friends and family for being supportive of my decision to run for town council. I would also like to thank Morinvillenews.com for the extensive … […]
Dear Mr. Editor,
I find it very enlightening on Election Day that our volunteers at Parish Hall and, more importantly, the person charged with running the voting process did not know that our Morinville Catholic School Division was Public. They had assumed it was Separate.
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