Local News

About 100 people attended the Sundre Petroleum Operators Group (SPOG) annual general meeting at the Sundre Golf Club on Nov. 29.

MOUNTAIN VIEW COUNTY - Darrell Glover and his friends are proving that in times of trouble generosity sometimes knows no bounds.

Correctional Service Canada (CSC) officials are investigating after staff found a package containing illegal drugs and other materials on the perimeter of the Bowden Institution.

A national recreational marijuana shortage has delayed plans for retail cannabis stores in Innisfail and Penhold, possibly by up to a year and a half.

INNISFAIL – Preparations for the 2019 Canada Winter Games in Red Deer are underway. Torch relay and celebration stops across the country have begun.

CARSTAIRS - At its regular council meeting on Nov. 13, Carstairs council made an amendment to the definition of mixed use development under the land use bylaw.

Re: Fashion For Foodbank (p. 1, Nov. 20 Gazette). Robin Popowich is the woman in the photograph. Incorrect information appeared and we apologize for any inconvenience. Re: Director looking forward to great concert, (p. 5, Nov. 20 Gazette).

DIDSBURY - The Mountain View Regional Waste Management Commission (MVRWMC) will continue to provide hauling from its municipal recycling centres, reversing an earlier decision to stop the service, officials said.

CARSTAIRS-DIDSBURY - Three former area residents are coming back to the district to play a show with the Calgary band From Under the Stone at All Jacked Up Bar and Grill in Didsbury on Nov. 30.

Mountain View County held a training session on crime prevention through environmental design on Nov. 19 at the county office.