Local News

DIDSBURY - With great weather and clear skies, Didsbury Car Club's signature event, Fuel-A-Palooza, filled the streets with both vehicles and people.

DIDSBURY - A legal dispute over industrial lots in the north end of Didsbury looks to have finally been resolved.

Mountain View County council has received an update on the 2018 rural community grant program. The review came during the recent regularly scheduled council meeting. In all, $33,405 was approved for 2018.

Mountain View County council has defeated a proposed re-designation from agricultural district to aggregate extraction/processing district for a property just outside Olds. The move came during the recent regularly scheduled council meeting.

Mountain View County has been given an update on 2018 cemetery grant allocations approved for local facilities. The review came during the recent regularly scheduled council meeting.

1946 - Straw stack burns on farm The Olds Gazette reported on a fire at an area farm. “Fire broke out at Brian Johnstons farm on the highway north of town Friday last when a straw stack ignited.

DIDSBURY - The Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) is hosting its annual Alberta Charity Auction and Sale in Didsbury this year. The sale is one of over 40 annual relief sales that take place throughout Canada and the United States.

Chinook’s Edge School Division welcomes newly announced plans to expand mental health supports for students in all grades across the province, says superintendent Kurt Sacher.

INNISFAIL – The Dreeshen dynasty appears to be in the making in Central Alberta. Father and son Earl and Devin Dreeshen may soon hold the reins of power in the area at both the federal and provincial levels.

DIDSBURY - A 30-year-old man is dead following a multi-vehicle collision on Highway 22 near Twp. Rd. 292 south of Cremona on Friday evening.