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DIDSBURY - The Didsbury Lions Club had another successful food drive on Sept. 27. Lions members and Westglen School students went out that evening and collected 5,728 pounds, which at a value of $2.

Mountain View County’s policies and priorities committee has passed a motion regarding plans to conduct sound abatement testing at a currently inactive Olds-area shooting range.

DIDSBURY - The members of the Didsbury Skatepark Committee are all smiles after receiving a donation from the local Tim Hortons from the company's smile cookie campaign. The restaurant gave a cheque to the society on Sept.

The new trade agreement between Canada, the U.S. and Mexico has been receiving mixed reviews, including from stakeholders in the district. Signed last week, the far-ranging USMCA agreement replaces NAFTA.

The Carstairs crossing guard program is looking for adult volunteers to help keep students safe, says program coordinator Shannon McDowell.

As 1986’s largest gas field discovery in Alberta in the preceding decades nears depletion, the Caroline-area complex built to process its sour gas will be shifting gears.

Small business owners in Sundre are dipping into profits and working more hours themselves, among other strategies, in order to pay staff the new $15 an hour minimum wage. On Oct. 1, the province’s minimum wage of $13.60 increased by $1.40.

CARSTAIRS - Despite cool weather, between 300 and 400 people of all ages turned out for the 34 th annual Carstairs Pumpkin Fest on Saturday. The event is sponsored by the Carstairs Agricultural Society and is put on in the curling rink.

Mountain View County council has given first reading to amendments to the Parks Bylaw regarding cannabis use and possession. The move came by way of motion at the recent regularly scheduled council meeting.

Mountain View County council has approved the purchase of security cameras for county shops in an effort to reduce break-ins and thefts. The $40,000 approved will come from the county’s rural crime reduction initiative fund.