Local News

CARSTAIRS - At the regular council meeting on March 26, Carstairs council passed a borrowing bylaw to allow the town to borrow for street improvement tenders. "We tendered out our projects already for the street improvement," said CAO Carl McDonnell.

Mountain View County (MVC) council has deferred a vote on proposed amendments to the municipal development plan and the land use bylaw regarding a number of environmentally significant areas.

DIDSBURY - Local firefighter David Smith has appeared as a delegation before town council and talked about his recent trip to Seattle where he competed in the prestigious Seattle Firefighter Stair Climb.

DIDSBURY - This year's Didsbury Art, Travel & Trade Expo looks to be bigger and better than ever, say officials.

DIDSBURY - A sitting town councillor says he will not resign from council after a local developer whose land is the subject of a legal dispute with the town said resigning "was the honourable thing to do.

Mountain View County council has reviewed the proposed 2018 operating budget and could vote on approval as early as next week. The review took place during the recent regularly scheduled council meeting.

DIDSBURY - The same six lots of north end industrial land that have been under public scrutiny for the way in which the Town of Didsbury sold them eight years ago are also now the subject of a legal dispute.

CARSTAIRS - The Carstairs Community Chest is back for another year. The fundraising campaign will be running in the month of April and is supporting many charities.

Stan and Keltie Masters, owners of Back to Nature Retreat B&B have recently had several rare chestnut-backed chickadees visit feeders at their facility near Water Valley.

CARSTAIRS - At the regular Carstairs council meeting on March 12, council adjusted the Carstairs recreation facility requests for special rates policy based on a recommendation from the policy and governance committee.