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Bestselling mystery author coming to Morinville

Dec 4, 2011 Comments Off

By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – You may not know the names Randy Craig or Janice MacDonald, but as of Nov. 27 the latter’s book about the former was ranked seventh on the Edmonton Journal’s top ten list of bestsellers. There wedged between Christopher Paolini’s fourth book in the Inheritance series and Julian Barnes’ The Sense of an Ending is Janice MacDonald’s Hang Down Your Head, the latest in her Edmonton-based mystery series… […]

Donation of quilts to help victims with healing

Nov 28, 2011 Comments Off

By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – Fourteen quilts passed hands Sunday afternoon from local quilters to Sturgeon Victim Services who will use the colourful craftwork to help the healing begin. Loose Threads Quilting Club member Shelley Faganello said the group wanted Victim Services to be the first recipient of the quilt donation to let victims of crime and tragedy know that local quilters and the community cares about them and that they are not alone… […]

Quilt displays Morinville history

Nov 23, 2011 3

By Lucie Roy

Morinville – After several months of work, the centennial quilt was presented to Mayor Lloyd Bertschi and Council Tuesday night. The quilt will be displayed at the Community Cultural Centre this Sunday in time for the Morinville Christmas Festival. With more than forty square blocks, each is like a good bedtime story of adventure, intrigue, how things were, and what made Morinville what it is today… […]

Library to host handmade craft show this weekend

Nov 20, 2011 Comments Off

By MorinvilleNews.com Staff

Morinville – This weekend’s Light up the Night Christmas Festival will have an old fashioned flavour to it. But carols in the park are just part of that feeling. The Morinville Public Library will be taking over the Morinville Community High School gymnasium to host their annual Christmas Craft Sale, this year exclusive to vendors who sell handmade products… […]

Fantasy and science fiction author visits Morinville

Nov 17, 2011 Comments Off

By MorinvilleNews.com Staff

Morinville – Award winning fantasy and science fiction author Jo Walton was in Morinville Thursday night for the third instalment of the Morinville Public Library’s author talks. The Montreal-based author has racked up an impressive list of awards for her writing. Nine years ago Walton received the John W. Campbell Award for best new writer and followed that with the World Fantasy award two years later for the novel Tooth and Claw… […]

Award winning fantasy and sci fi author coming to Morinville

Nov 13, 2011 Comments Off

By Robert Jump

Morinville – The third instalment of the Morinville Public Library’s Centennial Author Series takes place Thursday night at the Community Cultural Centre with an appearance and reading from award-winning fantasy and science fiction author Jo Walton. The Welsh-Canadian author of nine novels is the highest profile author to make an appearance in Morinville since the series began this past summer… […]

Library and museum present budgets to council

Nov 8, 2011 1

By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – Prior to Morinville Town Council passing first reading of the 2012 budget, representatives from the Morinville Public Library and Musée Morinville Museum presented their own budgets to council for consideration. The museum is looking for $82,000 for the coming year, an amount identical to last year’s request. The library is requesting $220,273.28, an increase of $11,372.28 over 2010’s request… […]

Play taps into Morinville’s roots

Oct 23, 2011 Comments Off

By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – Residents will have the opportunity to view the past 100 years of the community in a special way Friday night. Streets and Sidewalks, an original play by Calgary-based playwright Jacqueline Russell, will be presented at the Morinville Community Cultural Centre. But make no mistake; this play is no recitation of dusty dates and dry facts. Rather the play is a performance that encapsulates 100 years of history through the memories of residents… […]

Library focusing on posters and folks with fines this month

Oct 2, 2011 Comments Off

By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – Staff at the Morinville Public Library are not letting reduced space stand in their way of celebrating library month which kicked off throughout the nation Saturday. This year’s celebrations of all things literary, cultural and social will take place locally with a month-long contest and an opportunity for patrons to show what their library means to them… […]

Library to put sponsors on the books

Sep 11, 2011 1

By Robert Jump

Morinville – It has often been said you can’t judge a book by its cover, but when the Morinville Public Library and Multimedia Centre reopens later this year, you will be able to judge a library by its donors.

In an effort to raise funds for interior renovations to the library and multimedia centre, the Morinville Public Library Board will be doing an interesting variation on the donor wall concept. The idea for the innovative fundraiser was voted on at a meeting last month and donations are already coming in… […]

Civic Plaza renovation ready to roll

Sep 11, 2011 Comments Off

By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – Gutting Morinville’s St. Germain Plaza, home of the library and town offices, is nearing completion, allowing St. Albert-based Synergy Building Solutions to carry on with renovating the building to serve Morinville for another two decades. .. […]

Battle of the Chillies to be fought in Morinville

Aug 25, 2011 Comments Off

By Étienne Thevou

Morinville – Mild, medium or hot, pots will soon be boiling in Morinville as beans and other ingredients are mixed and nurtured in preparation for the Battle of the Chillies at the Morinville Famer’s Market Sept. 9. The competition pits chili cooks against one another for a chance to be the top chili maker in one of three chili style categories… […]

Magician brings entertaining show to town

Aug 10, 2011 Comments Off

By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – About 50 children and their parents had the opportunity to watch the Brian Lehr magic show Wednesday afternoon, an annual happening tied into the Morinville Public Library’s summer reading program. As with past iterations of Lehr’s summer show, the Edmonton-based magician tailored his performance to match the summer reading program’s theme – this year’s theme has to do with water and the beach… […]

Friends of the Morinville Public Library select logo

Aug 2, 2011 Comments Off

By MorinvilleNews.com Staff

Morinville – The Friends of the Morinville Public Library have selected their new logo after holding a contest for local graphic designers to design the new visual identity of the group… […]

Morinville gets inside look at the world of comics

Jul 28, 2011 2

Morinville – The Morinville Public Library hosted the first of its Centennial Author Series Thursday night with Andrew Foley, co-author of Cowboys and Aliens, the graphic novel on which the blockbuster summer movie with Daniel Craig and Harrison Ford is based. Foley was joined by comic and pop culture… […]

Cowboys and Aliens and comics coming to library

Jul 17, 2011 Comments Off

By Etienne Thevou

Morinville – The Harrison Ford and Daniel Craig summer blockbuster Cowboys and Aliens may be coming to area theatres July 29 but the man who co-wrote the graphic novel upon which the movie is based is coming to Morinville the night before… […]