Local News

The 21 Cremona School graduates were all smiles during the June 27 cap and gown ceremony at the community hall.

DIDSBURY - Town council has directed administration to prepare a request for proposal (RFP) for the hiring of a consultant to examine the municipality’s water and wastewater rate structure.

About 60 village and area residents attended an open house hosted by Olds Rural Crime Watch Association at the Cremona Gold and Silver Club on Wednesday evening.

The downturned state of the oil and gas industry and its far-reaching ramifications was on full display in front of a packed school gymnasium in Mountain View County last week.

Mountain View County council has received updates on community, playground and cemetery grant funding OK’d earlier by the community services grant review committee. The move came during the recent regularly scheduled council meeting.

Longtime Chinook’s Edge School Division superintendent and chief executive officer Kurt Sacher has renewed his contact with the division until June 2025, officials said.

Residents and visitors alike celebrated Canada Day 152 across the region Monday. In the Village of Cremona, hundreds watched the parade and then took park many family activities. See more in next week's Gazette

CARSTAIRS-DIDSBURY - Proposed new provincial legislation would allow local municipalities to offer businesses tax breaks for up to 15 years.

DIDSBURY - The Didsbury Terry Fox Run, which has been a staple in the community since 1983, is in danger of folding, say officials.

The Alberta Conservation Association (ACA) is looking for landowners with properties along the Dogpound Creek to take part in its new riparian conservation project along the waterway, Mountain View County’s agricultural service board heard last week.