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The Mountain View County policies and priorities committee has been given an update on assessments across the municipality. The review came during the recent regularly scheduled committee meeting.

CARSTAIRS - Jackie Haack is a breast cancer survivor who never let the fears of the disease consume her or stop her from living life on her own terms. Haack was diagnosed in June 2007 during a regular checkup where she had a mammogram.

The Mountain View County municipal planning commission (MVC) has approved a development permit related to an existing recreational resort in the Coal Camp-Bearberry neighbourhood west of Sundre.

The Mountain View County municipal planning commission (MVC) has approved a development permit application for a proposed Sundre-area facility for the storage of drilling fluids used by oil and gas companies.

The Mountain View County policies and priorities committee has received an update on STARS activities and plans. The review came during the committee’s recent regularly scheduled meeting.

The Rural Municipalities of Alberta Association (RMA) will be providing comments and input on provincial government plans to review and make amendments to the Emergency Management Act (EMA), says Al Kemmere.

The Mountain View County policies and priorities committee has been given an update on an emergency management pilot project recently conducted in the municipality.

New provincial legislation requiring seniors lodge residents and their families to be told that they have the right to establish self-governing councils is being welcomed by Mountain View Seniors' Housing (MVSH) officials and other stakeholders.

Alberta has emerged from the recession and the provincial economy is poised to continue growing in 2018, building on the momentum of a recovery that began last year. “The province is now once again starting to show some economic growth.

Grain producers in Alberta and across Canada are voicing relief at the passing in the Senate of the Transportation Modernization Act last week.