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Chamber has new president and board

By MorinvilleNews.com Staff

Morinville – The Morinville and District Chamber of Commerce held its General Annual Meeting Wednesday afternoon to elect its president, vice president and directors at large. Vice President Heather Folkins of Escape Travel was elected President of the business advocacy group by acclamation. President Sheldon Fingler stepped down as Chamber president but accepted the nomination and post of vice president. The Chamber will now have eight directors at large, an increase of one board member from 2010. Board members Janet Altmiks, Sheilagh Bryan, Stephen Dafoe, Lynn Dechamplain, Linda Getzlaff, Paula Hittinger, Deborah Symanczuk, Charlene Whitfield and Simon Boersma were elected to their posts by acclamation… […]

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Province

Morinville still helping Slave Lake a month after the devastation

By Stephen Dafoe

Slave Lake – Rain drizzles from grey skies a month-to-the-day too late to be of any use in combatting the massive devastation that ravaged large parts of the community May 15. But while the skies are dreary, the outlook in the community is anything but. People nod and greet each other on the streets of a community on the cusp of rebuilding. The local college now houses town offices destroyed by the fire as well… […]

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Local News

Chamber looking to adopt businesses in Slave Lake

By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – Shortly after raising just short of $7,000 at its silent auction to aid businesses in Slave Lake, the Morinville and District Chamber of Commerce has come up with another way its members and other local businesses can assist those companies affected by the wild fires that recently divested the town of 7,000… […]

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Arts & Culture

Community Cultural Centre opens with heart

By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – With the keys to the under budget and ahead of completion date Community Cultural Centre in hand, Morinville’s business community had the opportunity to be the first to be wined, dined and toured through the new facility ahead of its official opening June 11 and 12… […]

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Morinville Chamber raising funds for Slave Lake business community

By MorinvilleNews.com staff

Morinville – Thursday night’s business after hours event at the Community Cultural Centre took on a serious tone Monday afternoon.

The opportunity for Morinville’s business community to network while touring the new $12 million facility will now be an opportunity for local businesses to aid fellow business owners in Slave Lake, which was devastated by wildfires Sunday… […]

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Morinville Trade Show has successful weekend

By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – The Morinville & District Chamber of Commerce Share the Secret Trade Show came to a successful end Sunday afternoon. Chamber President Sheldon Fingler said he was pleased with how the event went.

“We’re extremely impressed with the business community locally and from surrounding areas that came together to be a part of the show,” Fingler said. “Of course we’re also really happy with the attendance and the people who came.” […]

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Editorial & Opinion

Chamber president praises award winners and nominees

Dear Editor:

As you may or may not know Char Parrent of the Flower Stop was a Finalist for the 2010 Alberta Business Awards of Distinction. This is an amazing honour for one of our local businesses to be nominated and make it as one of the four finalists in the Small Business … […]

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Arts & Culture

Chamber looking for help in rediscovering former businesses

By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – Each year the Morinville and District Chamber of Commerce’s Trade show offers residents and visitors to Morinville an opportunity to learn about long-standing and new businesses in the area. But this year’s show is adding an extra element, a look back at Morinville’s 100 year history of commerce.

Tying into Morinville’s centennial celebrations, the Chamber has partnered with the Morinville Historical and Cultural Society […]

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Local News

Organizers pleased with response to 2010 Christmas Festival

By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – Festival results are coming in and this year’s tallies indicate Morinville’s Lite Up the Nite Christmas Festival 2010 may have been one of the best yet.

Under a canopy of darkness, Morinvillians and residents from neighbouring communities gathered along 100 Avenue and 100 Street Saturday night to watch the night lit up as the annual parade passed by en route to St. Jean Baptiste Park where Santa Claus … […]

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Businesses have two weeks left for directory listings

By MorinvilleNews.com Staff

Morinville – The presses are warming up to put ink to paper for the 2010-2011 Business and Community Directory being produced by the Morinville and District Chamber of Commerce. […]

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Chamber celebrates its high rollers in style

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.

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Local News

Talk about the towns

By Étienne Thevou

With all that campaigning and voting stuff over Monday night when the polls close, people can start getting back to hearing about what else is going on in the communities.

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Editorial & Opinion

Ask-A-Candidate Question 27

QUESTION ADDRESSED TO MORINVILLE COUNCIL CANDIDATES

Out of the 15 candidates running in the election, seven (Thiessen, Radford, Turnbull, [Luker-]Chevalier, Pattison, Trapani and Bertschi) used the local sign shops. One (Roy) made her own. Nine (Thiessen, Radford, Turnbull, [Luker-]Chevalier, Pattison, Krauskopf, Roy, Trapani and Bertschi) used the local printing store [for other materials]… […]

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Morinville News

Candidates make their pitches to business owners

ARTICLE CONTAINS VIDEO CONTENT OF SPEECHES

By MorinvilleNews.com Staff

Morinville – Fourteen of Morinville’s 15 mayoral, council and school trustee candidates came out to the October luncheon of the Morinville and District Chamber of Commerce Wednesday afternoon to make their pitch at business voters and to answer questions from Morinville’s business communities.
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Morinville News

Chamber invites candidates to its October luncheon

By MorinvilleNews.com Staff

Morinville – Candidates have less than two weeks to brush up on their positions, particularly those that might be of interest to Morinville’s business community. The Morinville & District Chamber of Commerce put out an open invitation … […]