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A renewed 10-year funding agreement signed by the provincial government and Horse Racing Alberta will ensure the horse racing industry's viability, said the Olds College racetrack programs instructor/coordinator.

Red Deer County council has approved a land use bylaw amendment regarding excavation and construction site preparation. The approval came in the form of third reading during the recent regularly scheduled council meeting.

Chinook's Edge School Division superintendent Kurt Sacher says work is ongoing on the preparation of a report on the future of the Benalto Elementary School scheduled to be presented to trustees on April 6.

With a new fundraising team in place and now children throughout the region lending a unique but heartfelt hand, prospects are brighter this spring for the Medicine River Wildlife Centre to secure funds to finish construction of its long-awaited new

Wildrose MLAs Nathan Cooper and Jason Nixon gave Mountain View County council an update on the ongoing consultations around the controversial Bill 6, also known as the Enhanced Protection for Farm and Ranch Workers Act.

Agriculture and Forestry Minister Oneil Carlier says he does not know when regulations for Bill 6, the provincial government's controversial farm safety legislation, will be drafted and made public.

The Mountain View Cowpoke Junior Rodeo event at the Raecer Ranching Riding arena east of Sundre on March 19 attracted a record 80 participants.

Mountain View County (MVC) has sent a letter to the provincial minister of environment and parks and the provincial minister of municipal affairs requesting the government take action to address flooding concerns on the Bearberry Creek and the Red De

Mountain View County's municipal planning commission has approved a development permit for a new equine facilitated health and wellness business at an existing appointment-only riding arena in the Wessex community near Carstairs.

Although they spent most of a 16-day trip to Ethiopia providing dental care to children, Olds dentist Jared Ord and his wife Lindsay, a dental hygienist, also got to take in some of the country's culture and cuisine.