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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.

The tried and true remedies to fight crime in rural areas – like locking doors and vehicles, installing gates, video cameras and signs warning people off your property – are still the best ways to solve the problem, Olds RCMP say. Cpl.

The Red Deer Catholic Regional Schools division is facing something of a double-edge sword situation with the new 2016-17 school year. The division, which includes schools in Innisfail and Olds, has seen a four per cent enrolment increase.