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The Notley government needs to take action in response to the recent five-year report from the Office of the Child and Youth Advocate and from other related investigations, says area MLA Jason Nixon.

One of the small groups in my church hosts Hymn Sing on Sunday nights, once a month throughout the year. Those who are able arrive early to hear the Hymn Sing Band, a gifted group of musicians.

Archaeologists named her Sunrise Girl-Child, Xach'itee'aanenh T'eede Gaay in the language of the Tanana River people in central Alaska where her skeleton was found in 2010.

The Mountain View County (MVC) municipal planning commission has approved a number of subdivision and development permit applications. The moves came during the commission's recent regularly scheduled meeting in council chambers.

DIDSBURY – A number of Didsbury residents recently got the chance to try out a virtual reality experience at the local library. The library was able to borrow an Oculus Rift device from the Parkland Regional Library (PRL) system.

CARSTAIRS-CREMONA-DIDSBURY – Construction in both Carstairs and Didsbury remained steady in 2017, while Cremona dropped slightly. The Town of Carstairs saw the number of permits down from 2016 to 2017 although total construction value was up.

Re: "Kenney victory not particularly surprising" p. 17 Jan. 9 Gazette.

DIDSBURY – A local player will be suiting up for the Alberta Winter Games in female ice hockey after making one of the south teams. Emily Biggin from Didsbury made the squad after an intense tryout with 124 players in Innisfail on Dec. 8-10.

DIDSBURY – The 3025 Didsbury Service Battalion Army Cadet Corps is seeing an increase in numbers, say officials. The local corps began its new year back in September. Squad leader Tim Kaczmarski said the corps has seen its numbers grow to around 40.

The Mountain View County agricultural service board (ASB) has reviewed resolutions scheduled to come before this week's provincial agriculture service board conference.