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Following a public hearing, Mountain View County council approved a land use bylaw subdivision re-designation for a 76.62-acre property just outside Cremona, one 9.

Twenty community-based groups and organizations will be receiving approximately $1.6 million in new funding through the Red Deer & District Family and Community Support Services (FCSS) program.

Recent headlines about 15 cougars and an eagle that were caught in snares that had been set for wolves around Sundre have placed the practice of trapping back in the spotlight.

Rural municipalities, including Mountain View and Red Deer counties, welcome the renewal of the provincial Strategic Transportation Infrastructure Program (STIP), says Al Kemmere.

Women today are making significant contributions to our society, and thanks to the Red Deer & District Community Foundation they are being recognized for them. Nominations for the 2016 Women of Excellence awards are being accepted until April 8.

A local couple who travelled to Ethiopia last month to provide dental care for children are extremely touched by the gratitude of those kids and their guardians.

About 100 people, including parents, attended an open house at the Benalto School on March 3 to discuss the future of the school and to provide input to the Chinook's Edge School Division.

After more than two and a half years in the making, the Gasoline Alley Career High School is officially open and its envied accessibility just off Highway 2 is already attracting increased interest from young adults seeking academic upgrading.

Provincial officials say warm weather and a lack of snow cover in Central Alberta could cause bears to leave their dens early this spring.

George Clark's winter of political discontent in Alberta has reached an impasse. Spring session opening day at the legislature came and went March 8 without Clark's constitutional and non-violent displacement of Premier Rachel Notley's government.