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Mountain View County (MVC) council has passed a motion to defer a vote on the approval of a new fire services sub-agreement with the Town of Olds. The move came during the recent regularly scheduled council meeting.

A HISTORY-CHANGING BIRTH Christmas is the birthday of Jesus. Definitely it has nothing to do with the origin of “Happy holidays.” It is one of the most popular birthdays, for it is celebrated by all the peoples of the world.

Winter driving requires special care and attention on the part of all drivers, as well as proper upkeep of vehicles, according to the Olds Rural Crime Watch Association, which provided the following tips and suggestions: • Winterize your vehicles.

The first clue that the recent three-hour carbon tax rally in Calgary was a farce was when stern-faced security guards evicted the Raging Grannies from the antiseptic halls of the Westin Hotel.

DIDSBURY – Authorities are warning residents to be very cautious around moose and other wildlife.

CARSTAIRS – At its regular meeting on Dec. 12, council approved the 2016 operating budget as the 2017 interim budget.

Sitting at the breakfast table all those years ago listening to his daddy, Justin Trudeau would doubtless have been warned about those nasty, argumentative far-off Albertans.

CARSTAIRS – At the regular council meeting on Nov. 28, Carstairs council heard a presentation from Sarah Nielsen and Erin Welk for Urban Systems regarding the Scarlett Ranch subdivision application review. The site is approximately 4.

Like a fish out of water desperately gasping for breath, president-elect Donald Trump has in the weeks following the US election been flipping and flopping more than even some of the most experienced politicians.

“Plus ça change, plus c'est la męme chose,” or in the English idiom, “it was ever thus.” In Canada, pipelines are 90 per cent politics and the rest is engineering and finance.