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DIDSBURY - At the recent regular council meeting, councillors voted to accept the community partnerships projects policy as information.

CARSTAIRS - Scouts Canada is considering closing down the Carstairs Scout Hall, say officials. Doug Smith, operations manager for Scouts Canada, Western Canada, told the Gazette that there are currently no kids registered in Scouts in the town.

DIDSBURY - Didsbury RCMP responded to a multiple vehicle collision on Highway 2 near Highway 582 on Oct. 2 at 7:30 p.m. following a sudden snowstorm.

DIDSBURY - The Didsbury Lions Club had another successful food drive on Sept. 27. Lions members and Westglen School students went out that evening and collected 5,728 pounds, which at a value of $2.

Mountain View County’s policies and priorities committee has passed a motion regarding plans to conduct sound abatement testing at a currently inactive Olds-area shooting range.

DIDSBURY - The members of the Didsbury Skatepark Committee are all smiles after receiving a donation from the local Tim Hortons from the company's smile cookie campaign. The restaurant gave a cheque to the society on Sept.

The new trade agreement between Canada, the U.S. and Mexico has been receiving mixed reviews, including from stakeholders in the district. Signed last week, the far-ranging USMCA agreement replaces NAFTA.

The Carstairs crossing guard program is looking for adult volunteers to help keep students safe, says program coordinator Shannon McDowell.

As 1986’s largest gas field discovery in Alberta in the preceding decades nears depletion, the Caroline-area complex built to process its sour gas will be shifting gears.

Small business owners in Sundre are dipping into profits and working more hours themselves, among other strategies, in order to pay staff the new $15 an hour minimum wage. On Oct. 1, the province’s minimum wage of $13.60 increased by $1.40.