Morinville News

Letter: Back to the Past … Arena Style?

The Arena/Multi-Use Recreation Facility Project Large User Group General Public Meeting took place on October 28th. About 120 people showed up. Good crowd. Open format. Plenty of opportunity for questions.

Time to “vision” and get “excited”.

Lets’ get rolling. How much money do we have? You know… for the “visioning” and getting “excited” part. […]

Local News

Big showing, fewer answers at Town of Morinville rec event

Residents had yet another opportunity to share their vision for the Town’s rec centre project with Council last week. Morinville residents and rec stakeholder groups met with Councillors, the Mayor, and Architecture Tkalcic Bengert (ATB) — the Town’s contractor — Oct. 28 to hash out community expectations for the project. […]

Editorial & Opinion

Letter: Council excited to more forward with rec project

On Tuesday, September 15, 2015, the Town of Morinville Council passed a resolution to award the Architectural & Professional Services contract to Architecture | Tkalcic Bengert (Arch|TB) for the Town of Morinville Recreation Project. […]

Local News

Architects will design full facility, steering committee confirms

The Town will undertake a six-stage process for the proposed multi-use recreation facility planned for east of town. That was the word from Town of Morinville CAO Debbie Oyarzun in her presentation to Morinville Town Council in their role as steering committee during a Sept. 1 meeting.

The six stages encompass the Pre-Design, Conceptual Design, Schematic Design, Detailed Design, Construction Documents, Procurement and Construction, Post-Construction and Administration of the new facility. […]

Local News

Stakeholders share similar views on future rec centre

Town Council, in their role as arena/rec steering committee, met Thursday night to hear Consultant David Ramsey’s report on the stakeholder meetings he facilitated in Morinville in January. While the meeting was public, only one non-press resident attended.
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Local News

Meunier family’s love of hockey goes back decades

Hockey is not just a pastime for a Sturgeon County family; it’s a way of life. Norm Meunier and his son Ray spend a lot of their time working on the full-sized hockey rink they built on their farm between Morinville and Legal. Ice, boards, scoreboard, and a working Zamboni are all part of the package.
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Local News

Rec open house offers lots of answers, just none on land

by Colin Smith
with files from Tristan Turner and Lucie Roy

Morinville and area residents who hoped to find out the location of the proposed new regional multi-use recreation centre at a December 11 open house were disappointed… […]

Local News

Open house to address Town’s plan for arena and rec facility

by Colin Smith

An upcoming open house will give Morinville and area residents a chance to find out more about a proposed new regional multi-use recreation centre.

The Dec. 11 open house will provide a recap of all of the input that has been compiled so far from the previous open… […]

Local News

Town moving ahead on multiple projects

by Colin Smith

With the first anniversary of its election coming up on October 29, Morinville Town Council is pushing ahead on three key projects: photo radar policy, the multi-use recreation facility and the organizational review.
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Local News

Competitive hockey not the only sport on the ice this fall

Although competitive hockey will dominate the ice when it reappears in the Ray McDonald Sports Center later this month, it is not the only activity planned this hockey season. FunTeam Hockey, ringette and more skating opportunities will also share the frozen oval… […]