Council briefs by Ashley Janes
Morinville Council dealt with number of items at their Oct. 14 meeting, including presentations on an in house photo radar program from Mr. Richard Price, a presentation on traffic safety and photo enforcement from the Capital Region Intersection Safety Partnership, an update on the Morinville Festival Society’s Country Fair, and a presentation on Enbridge’s Northern Gateway pipeline project… […]
Four Morinville businesses are teaming up to make a business-oriented block party. The Morinville Redliners car club, Champion Petfoods, Sobeys Morinville and Smith Music are hosting a party with food, music and cars… […]
by Morinville News Staff
Local musicians Justin Hogg, Paul Smith, Alan Pangburn, Christian Maslyk, Angela Proulx, and Andrea Mallon left for Kentucky July 21 to take part in Champion Petfoods groundbreaking celebration July 23. … […]
by Stephen Dafoe
Three months after making the announcement they would build a third kitchen facility for their product line in Kentucky, Champion Petfoods broke ground on the project and threw a party to commemorate the event… […]
by Morinville News Staff
Morinville – Two months after announcing it would open a third plant, Champion Petfoods announced it had chosen its partner to build their new kitchen in Auburn, Kentucky. Champion announced Monday afternoon it had chosen Kentucky-based Gray Construction, a leading design-build firm that will assume responsibility for the design and construction of the new custom fitted kitchens. .. […]
by Stephen Dafoe
After winning the Alberta Chambers of Commerce Award of Distinction in the Export Category, Morinville’s Champion Petfoods once again finds
itself taking home another provincial award. The Alberta Export Awards presented the company with the Agricultural and Consumer Products division award Friday afternoon during a ceremony at the Westin Hotel in Edmonton. Champion was is the running with Green Prairie International Inc… […]
by Stephen Dafoe
Morinville – The Morinville Youth Basketball Association unveiled a new tool in its ongoing efforts to make better basketball players Apr. 29, two basketball shooting machines. The machines, complete with built-in basketball hoops and rebounder nets cost approximately $9,400 and were funded in part by sponsorship from Champion Petfoods and in part from the association’s own fundraising efforts. … […]
by Stephen Dafoe
Morinville – Two community groups were the recipients of $32,000 in sponsorship monies from Champion Petfoods Monday. The local manufacturer donated $20,000 to the Morinville Festival Society and $12,000 to the Orijen Sabretooths, a basketball club formerly known as the Morinville Road Runners. The donations are part of Champions’ ongoing commitment to support local initiatives… […]
by Morinville News Staff
Morinville – Champion Petfoods announced Wednesday it will be investing in a new off-leash dog park in Morinville.
“We’re committed to supporting Morinville families, and dogs are members of the family too,” said Champion Petfoods President and CEO Frank Burdzy in a release Wednesday. “We’re very proud to be a part of this community and to help make it a wonderful place to live, raise a family, and do business.”… […]
Edmonton – After winning the Alberta Chambers of Commerce Award of Distinction in the Export Category, Morinville’s Champion Petfoods once again finds itself a finalist for another award. The Alberta Export Awards announced their finalists for the 2014 award season Thursday, and Champion Petfoods is a finalist in the Agricultural and Consumer Products division… […]
For those who were too busy during the week to keep caught up on local news, here’s a Sunday afternoon recap of the main stories and their links from this past week, preceded by this week’s Adopt-a-Pet feature… […]
Edmonton – Champion Petfoods is the recipient of an Alberta Chambers of Commerce Award of Distinction in the Export Category. The local manufacture of premium pet foods was presented with the award at a gala dinner Friday night at the Radisson Hotel Edmonton South. […]
By Stephen Dafoe
Morinville – Champion Petfoods’ CEO Frank Burdzy attended Council’s final meeting this term to provide an update on where the company was in terms of odour mitigation… […]
By Stephen Dafoe
Morinville – Four local and regional rock bands are rehearsing to prepare for Rocktober, the heavy-hitting musical finale to this October’s Morinville Food and Jam Festival. The show, featuring the Paul Smith Band, Canyon Rose Outfit, Whiskey Boyz and Edgore, takes place Oct. 5 at the Morinville Community Cultural Centre… […]
By Stephen Dafoe
The Morinville Youth Basketball Association, who have run under the name the Morinville Road Runners for the past eight years, will take to the courts this season as the Morinville Orijen Sabretooths. The new name reflects the $12,000 sponsorship the Morinville Youth Basketball Association received from Champion Petfoods, the maker of Orijen bran pet foods, gave to the association earlier this year…. […]
Morinville News Staff Photo
Champion Petfoods CEO Frank Burdzy and Morinville Festival Society Chair Paul Smith pose with Champion’s donation towards this season’s festival… […]
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