Local News

A former Sundre-area resident who has lived in Peace River for the last few decades so fondly recalls his years spent in Mountain View County that he included several of his memories from the region in a recently released book.

Fall is a time when bears are on the move. Their goal is to eat as much as they can to fatten up before they hibernate for the winter. This means they will eat the first food they chance upon, even if it is in your backyard.

If a new political party is created by joining the Wildrose Party and the Progressive Conservatives, that's not the same as crossing the floor to sit with another party, according to Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills MLA and Wildrose Party house leader Natha

The cereal grain harvest in the region is well behind the five-year average, principally because of wet summer weather and its impact on operations, the Mountain View County agricultural service board heard.

Mountain View County councillor Al Kemmere says he plans to seek re-election as the president of the Alberta Association of Municipal Districts and Counties (AAMDC).

There has been a confirmed case of clubroot found in Mountain View County.

After a very successful first season in 2015-16, the Mountain View Cowpoke Junior Rodeo Club has put out the call for local youngsters to get on board for the upcoming 2016-17 season.

It isn't just in Alberta where both the selection of a new Progressive Conservative leader and the parallel unite-the-right movement are foundering.

West Central Alberta has so far been able to manage the infestation of mountain pine beetles (MPB), but many areas in Alberta were not as lucky.

In his speech to the Olds Rotary Club and local chamber of commerce last week, Senator Doug Black, from Alberta, called for urgent action to diversify the province's economy. Alberta 2.