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Mountain View County council has been given an update on the activities and plans of the Olds College Werklund Project. The vice-president of development at the college appeared before council during the recent regularly scheduled council meeting.

Mountain View Seniors' Housing (MVSH), which owns and operates seniors' facilities across the region, has given notice that it will be terminating the Alberta Health Services contracts for all its sites in 12 months' time.

Jeff Ible is the NDP candidate for the Rimbey-Rocky Mountain House-Sundre riding. Ible is a full-time labour relations officer with United Food and Commercial Workers local 401 in Calgary.

Residents in the Water Valley area are being advised to visit the “Where Do I Vote?” site at www.elections.ab.

SUNDRE -- Dave Rogers, who lives in the Rocky Mountain House area, is running for the Alberta Independence Party in the riding of Rimbey-Rocky Mountain House-Sundre. Rogers is a former oilfield worker.

DIDSBURY -- At the recent regularly scheduled council meeting, Didsbury councillors approved a number of updated policies and procedures related to the Didsbury Fire Department (DFD). The approvals came by way of motion.

DIDSBURY -- Once again Didsbury will be the site of a big Hollywood production. Following on the footsteps of Wynonna Earp and Fargo comes a movie starring Academy Award winner Kevin Costner.

INNISFAIL - Citizens proved to provincial election riding candidates at a forum Monday, April 8 they wanted to make their vote count for Central Alberta's future, not only with hot button questions about the economy, pipelines and the carbon tax but

We cannot progress into the 21st century and prosper in an ever-evolving economy while stuck in a 20th century mindset, says ATB Financial’s chief economist.

Mountain View County (MVC) residents are being encouraged to take part in a new online survey regarding rural crime in the region.