Local News

With the general hunting season now underway and running until the end of November, Sundre-Olds area Fish and Wildlife officers are asking for the public's help in identifying poachers and other violators.

When oil particles from the June Plains Midstream pipeline rupture near Sundre floated downstream past containment booms along Gleniffer Lake, water treatment plants proved ineffective at removing any of the petroleum hydrocarbon products detected.

Mountain View County councillors have been given a first look at the draft 2013 legislative services, community service, agriculture and land management budgets.

The future maintenance and upkeep of the Mountain View County road network is scheduled to be up for discussion at this week's policies and priorities meeting on Nov. 6.

A small gravel pit located 10 kilometres southwest of Penhold allowing for up to 50 trucks a day hauling during peak periods, was given the thumbs-up by Red Deer County's Municipal Planning Commission Oct. 16.

Mountain View County councillors have started the review of the proposed 2013 budgets, looking over operational budgets during last week's policies and priorities meeting.

Nine people attended Mountain View County Deputy Reeve Patricia McKean's open house at the Dogpound Rodeo Grounds Hall on Oct. 22.

A series of connecting sections of pipe were deemed inadequate during pressure testing along the Penhold to Innisfail portion of the South Red Deer Regional Wastewater system, adding delays to a project that's been plagued with controversy for years.

Ninety-five years is a long time for anyone, but for the Mary Riley Women's Institute it's the bittersweet celebration of a dying out organization.

Twenty people attended the open house hosted by Mountain View County Div. 5 councillor Robert Orr at the James River Hall on Oct. 23.