Local News

The Mountain View County agricultural service board has come out in support of a planned Alberta Agricultural and Rural Development project for managing livestock mortalities for bio-secure disposal.

Mountain View County has an updated land use bylaw after councillors gave third and final reading to comprehensive amendments on March 12.

An open house will be held at the Olds Legion Hall starting at 6 p.m. on March 25 for the public to have a chance to comment on the proposed Highway 2 & 27 area structure plan (ASP).

Starting April 1, all Mountain View County residents will need a permit for any type of large burning activity on their property.

Mountain View County council has approved $60,000 in financial support for Olds College's meat training centre.

The federal government is doing the best it can to stimulate the economy, and the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is one more way officials plan to do just that, according to Wild Rose Conservative MP Blake Richards.

The Westward Ho Campers Association has given Mountain View County councillors an update on activities and plans for the popular campground, which is owned by the municipality.

The number of cattle in herds around the province is slowly increasing, but the overall health of the industry will rise and fall based on how many younger farmers take up ranching in the next few years.

Two Sundre youths caught hunting without adult supervision have been fined and ordered to write an essay for the court on hunting ethics.

The killing of a feral horse west of Sundre in late February is not believed to be related in any way to a controversial free roaming horse capture program recently conducted in the region, says Sundre RCMP detachment commander Cpl. Ryan Hodge.