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The provincial government is not planning any changes to the grazing allotment system now in place west of Sundre as part of the Bighorn Country proposal, according to the Minister of Environment and Parks. Speaking during a Jan.

CARSTAIRS - Councillors reviewed a number of bylaws and policies at the recent regularly scheduled council meeting. "There were some old policies that we wanted to get up to date," said Mayor Lance Colby. "Some were obsolete.

The Mountain View County agricultural services board (ASB) has been given an update on a proposed tree-seeding program for 2020. The move came during the board’s recent regularly scheduled meeting in council chambers.

The Mountain View County municipal planning commission (MPC) has approved a subdivision application for a property in the Wessex neighbourhood between Didsbury and Carstairs. The move came during the commission’s Jan.

CARSTAIRS - There were record numbers of people in attendance at the Carstairs Chamber of Commerce annual general meeting held Jan. 16 at the Carstairs Heritage Centre, say organizers.

DIDSBURY - The Town of Didsbury has done well on a recent internal health and safety audit, say officials. A press release by the town on Jan.

The Mountain View County subdivision and development appeal board has held a hearing to consider a request to remove a screening requirement on a Sundre-area rural property. The hearing took place on Jan. 8 in council chambers.

CREMONA - The Village of Cremona has a new interim CAO. Shannon Allison was appointed to the position by a motion of council at the Dec. 18 regularly scheuduled council meeting meeting.

For the first time, parents with kindergarten-age children in Chinook’s Edge School Division will be able to register their youngsters online starting this week.

Rimbey-Rocky Mountain House-Sundre MLA Jason Nixon has renewed his call for in-person open houses to be held regarding the Bighorn Country proposal.