Local News
Pages from the Past- Morinville is 109 this month
Morinville was founded in 1892, incorporated as a village in 1901, and as a town on April 18, 1911. This month we celebrate the 109th anniversary of Morinville as a town.
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history
Editorial & Opinion
Letter: History Committee creates Morinville Quiz – $100 prize on offer
The Volume 4 (for) History Committee and French Association, Centralta region- ACFA created a short 10-question multiple choice quiz testing your knowledge of Morinville.
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Province
New online resource provides historical MLA profiles
Albertans wanting to know who served in the First Legislature or what areas they served from, or how they did in previous elections can now be found on the Member Profiles listed on assembly.ab.ca. […]
Local News
Nominations for provincial 2016 Heritage Awards now open
The province is looking for the next group of heritage heroes, and asking Albertans to help point out outstanding contributions to the preservation of heritage.
The Alberta Historical Resources Foundation Heritage Awards are awarded every two years and recognize the outstanding achievements of Albertans engaged in heritage preservation, protection and promotion. […]
Morinville News
Steeple plight brought before Morinville Council
By Stephen Dafoe Morinville – Members of St. Jean Baptiste Parish brought the plight of Morinville’s oldest church and oldest […]
Editorial & Opinion
Editorial: The changing face of downtown Morinville
There is a bit of synchronicity in the Town of Morinville holding an open house on two plans that will affect development in downtown Morinville. One seeks to ease the restrictions put upon us by the province; the other to establish some structure to development that will ensure the downtown’s historical properties are preserved… […]
Arts & Culture
Morinville in danger of losing iconic image
By Stephen Dafoe
Morinville – One doesn’t have to drive too far into town to catch a glimpse of the steeple rising above St. Jean Baptiste Church in downtown Morinville. But residents and visitors could soon be deprived of that iconic view if significant funds are not raised to save it. The historic steeple is in need of approximately $500,000 in restoration work to save it from loss to water rot.
“There is significant damage by water inside the steeple as well as other parts of the church, mainly the north roof,” said Father Ignacy… […]
Local News
Local Legion members attend rally
By Lucie Roy
Onoway – Legionnaires from around the region gathered in Onoway over the weekend for a rally. The Morinville Legion had 13 Branch and one Ladies Auxiliary member in attendance. The annual Rally includes Legion and Ladies Auxiliary members from the Branches in Whitecourt… […]