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DIDSBURY - At their regular council meeting on April 10 council members observed a moment of silence for the Humboldt Broncos and local injured player Graysen Cameron.

The Mountain View County municipal planning commission has defeated a development permit application for an existing aerodrome in the Westcott neighbourhood in Division 4.

The Mountain View County municipal planning commission (MPC) has approved a development permit for an existing industrial storage and warehousing facility for equipment parking and sawdust storage just outside Sundre.

Fees for student transportation in the Chinook’s Edge School Division will remain unchanged in the 2018-19 school year after trustees voted on the matter during last week’s board meeting.

CARSTAIRS - At its regular council meeting on April 9, Carstairs council passed a bylaw to change the speed limit on all streets in town to 40 km/h unless otherwise posted, starting on May 1.

CREMONA - At their recent regularly scheduled meeting, councillors were presented with the tax rate bylaw, which passed first and second reading but failed to receive unanimous consent for third reading.

INNISFAIL – The Innisfail-Sylvan Lake UCP Constituency Association has set its nomination date for May 2. The vote to select a United Conservative Party candidate will take place at the Penhold Regional Multiplex from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Olds native Danielle Lappage won a silver medal today at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Australia. She competed in the revised 68-kg weight class in a Nordic round robin format.

Sundre’s council took several minutes in recognition of the loss recently suffered in the Humboldt Broncos bus crash before starting the regular agenda during the April 9 meeting. “There are no words that anybody can say,” said Coun.

About 30 residents attended an open house in council chambers regarding proposed changes to Mountain View County’s municipal development plan (MDP) and the land use bylaw (LUB), including provisions relating to cannabis production and sale.