Vote to name Morinville’s snowplows

Voting is now open for the “Name our Morinville Snowplows” contest, hosted by the Town of Morinville.

Almost 170 submissions were sent in for the contest, with the top 20 names being placed on the shortlist to vote on. The names were chosen based on creativity, originality, incorporation of the name Morinville, and being family-friendly.

These top 20 names are:

  • Blizzard Basher
  • Frosty Flattener
  • “Kiwetin” Chaser (Cree word for blizzard)
  • Snowball Express
  • Frosty’s Forge
  • Taylor Drift
  • Holy Plowzer
  • Blizzard Wizard
  • Polar Pusher
  • Morinville’s Fast and the Flurry-ous
  • Buzz Iceclear
  • Snowtorious B.I.G
  • Snow Big Deal
  • Mori Muncherator
  • SnoWay Jose
  • Morinville Winter Warrior
  • Stormin’ Morin
  • Morinville’s Melton John
  • The Eliminator
  • Snow Buster

Voting is open until January 9, and you can vote as many times as you like. You can vote by clicking the link here.

The two winning names will be announced on January 11.

The Morinville Snowplow.
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