Local News

About 30 people who attended the Central Mountainview Advisory Group's (CMAG) spring information night at the county office on April 28 received an update on government consultations for the Bill 6 regulations.

Students from Fort McMurray have been settling into their new classrooms at schools over the past week thanks to support from staff, school boards and students around the province.

The idea of a multi-million dollar motorsports park in Mountain View County has some residents up in arms.

Revenues generated through linear taxation in rural communities will not be funnelled to major urban centres, according to Municipal Affairs Minister Danielle Larivee. Linear taxes are collected on such things as pipelines and power lines.

Mountain View County (MVC) council has agreed to support the Alberta Agricultural Service Board summer tour 2017 in conjunction with Red Deer County. “I think it's a good thing,” said MVC councillor and ag board member Duncan Milne.

An application to transform the doomed Benalto School into a chartered learning institution has been delivered to Alberta Education Minister David Eggen.

Mountain View County will be donating $2,500 to the Red Cross for Fort McMurray fire victim support. Council passed a motion approving the donation on May 11.

Fewer representatives have been coming out to Olds and District Community Policing Advisory Society (ODCPAS) meetings. The society wants to fix that problem.

Spring has sprung and the growing season is about to begin. Central Albertans will soon be enjoying fresh vegetables with the Community Shared Agriculture (CSA) program at The Jungle Farm, near Innisfail.

A Supreme Court ruling and the Liberal government's new legislation on assisted suicide has heightened interest in palliative care in this community, according to Kathy Kemmere, vice-president of the Olds and District Hospice Society.