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DIDSBURY - Anyone driving across the temporary bridge into or out of Didsbury on Highway 582 will have to be careful to avoid several potholes that have developed as the weather has warmed up.

CARSTAIRS-CREMONA - The Carstairs and Community Chamber of Commerce has a new board and members are ready to help promote businesses in the area. The chamber had its annual general meeting in January at the Carstairs Heritage Centre.

DIDSBURY - A pair of 17-year-olds are facing numerous charges after a police chase from Didsbury to Innisfail on March 15. The pursuit included the ramming of a police cruiser by a suspected stolen truck being driven by one of the accused.

CREMONA - At its regular council meeting on March 20, Cremona Village council approved the 2018 citizen satisfaction survey. "The survey will hopefully be live on our website the beginning of April until the end of April," said CAO Luana Smith.

DIDSBURY - Newly-announced provincial funding for the province’s 283 agricultural societies over the next three years could come in handy for local projects, says Craig Anderson, chairman of the Didsbury Agricultural Society.

Although there haven’t been any incidents of fentanyl overdoses in area schools, the Chinook’s Edge School Division (CESD) is examining the possibility of bringing anti-overdose naloxone kits into its facilities as a safety measure, says superintende

DIDSBURY - The Didsbury & District Chamber of Commerce is looking forward to another great year with plenty of projects on the go, say officials. At its recent annual general meeting the chamber talked about some of those and elected a new board.

More than 200 people attended the 25th annual Alberta Farm Animal Care (AFAC) conference at the Pomeroy Inn & Suites in Olds on March 14-15.

Alberta’s rural municipalities are planning to make an official request that provincial and federal governments do more to address the rise in property crime seen in many communities.

The ongoing partnership between Olds College and Mountain View County (MVC) in the promotion of the agriculture industry is of great value to the entire region, says MVC reeve Bruce Beattie.