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The Mountain View County committee looking into the future of aggregate extraction in the municipality could make recommendations to county council following a meeting this week.

Students at Red Deer Catholic Regional Schools have helped raise $70,000 for emergency relief following the Typhoon Haiyan disaster in the Philippines.

Behind the Alberta oil producers' pipeline dilemma in 2014 -- the stalled Northern Gateway and Keystone projects -- are three simple obstacles. Alberta oil is the "swing" supply for the United States.

Red Deer County council has approved facility capital assistance grants for 14 community groups. In all, almost $250,000 will be distributed.

The recently re-formed Red Deer River Quality Control Committee is concerned that heavy snow in the region this winter has significantly increased the risk of spring flooding, says chairman Myron Thompson.

Mountain View County councillors are scheduled to review proposed new terms of reference for an updated Bearberry-Red Deer River corridor area structure plan.

It was 70 years ago when Elmo Johnson got his first railway job at the Benalto station.

There has been an increase in reported moose sightings on residential and rural properties throughout Mountain View County following the recent large dumps of snow, promoting officials to warn of the dangers of unwanted encounters.

Following a push by city police asking MLAs to enact laws to confiscate vehicles and suspend licences of drivers caught speeding excessively, an area RCMP detachment official has given his input on the idea. Sgt.

The province's new Private Surface Agreements Registry does not have any teeth for aiding in the enforcement of contracts between landowners and energy companies, the Alberta Surface Rights Group's (ASRG) president said last month. On Dec.