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DIDSBURY - About a dozen people came out to a recent seminar at the Didsbury Train Station on cannabis in the workplace.

The Mountain View County subdivision and development appeal board has held a hearing regarding a partially completed privacy berm outside Sundre. The four-metre-high and 170-metre-long berm is located on a property about one kilometre south of Twp.

DIDSBURY - Cannabis Cowboy, a Calgary-based company, is considering bringing a cannabis retail store to town, said Theresa Gutierrez, director of marketing for the business.

Meadow Creek Vaulting Club members Jeanine van der Sluijs and Dallyn Marie Shields did well at a recent competition in the United States. Held in Tryon, N.C., the 2018 World Equestrian Games ran from Sept. 11 to Sept. 23.

Weather once again sidelined the Alberta Ride To Conquer Cancer’s Sundre event plans. Days before the Saturday, Sept. 22 Celebratory Ride event, organizers cancelled it based on a forecast of snow and possible freezing rain.

DIDSBURY - The Didsbury Fire Department (DFD) safety audit is underway and the results are expected before Sept. 25, Deron Reimer, manager of protective services for the Town of Didsbury, told council.

Mountain View County council has approved a plan to use $56,000 in excess federal gas tax funding to support the municipality’s rechipping road program. The move came by way of motion at the recent regularly scheduled council meeting.

DIDSBURY - "Viva Mexico!" was the chant on Sept. 15 at Zion Church as more than 400 people came out for a Mexican celebration during Mexico's independence day.

The Mountain View County subdivision and development appeal board has denied an appeal by a dog kennel owner in the Water Valley-Winchell Lake area regarding the cancellation of the development permit for the facility.

Didsbury fire Chief Craig Martin has left the department effective immediately, he said Monday. He has been the chief in Didsbury for the past three years. “I have not renewed my contract,” said Martin.