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DIDSBURY - With a commercial anchor tenant now in place, optimism is higher that further development of Shantz Village will progress.

The Mountain View County municipal planning commission has approved a permit for the expansion of an existing gravel pit in the Elkton-Rugby rural community in Division 2.

INNISFAIL - The provincial government is loosening the purse strings on infrastructure monies for municipalities and Innisfail is cautiously pleased. On Aug.

DIDSBURY - Valarosa Parks Association has received a nearly $100,000 Community Facility Enhancement Program (CFEP) grant from the provincial government and is looking at starting to build a park in the fall, say organizers.

DIDSBURY - After four years as CAO in Didsbury, Harold Northcott is leaving to accept a similar position with the County of Vermillion River. The announcement was made in a press release sent out by the town on Aug. 9.

With his trusty sidearm, a local competitive shooter recently put his aim to the test during two major events, giving the country’s finest marksmen a run for their money.

A new Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada grant program has been launched in support of youth, officials said.

The provincial government’s plan announced earlier this month to provide short-term relief to the province’s shallow gas industry by reducing some of the expenses companies face is being welcomed by the Sundre Petroleum Operator’s Group (SPOG).

DIDSBURY - Buy-Low Foods, the parent company of AG Foods, has announced that it is planning to build a brand new 25,000-square-foot grocery store in Didsbury to replace the existing AG Foods store.

A proposed multi-billion-dollar ultra-high-speed hyperloop transportation system between Edmonton and Calgary will include a 10-kilometre test section between Didsbury and Olds along Highway 2, says Sebastien Gendron, CEO of TransPod Inc.