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Mountain View County should develop its own public interest disclosure legislation, sometimes known as whistleblower legislation, says Reeve Bruce Beattie.

The Mountain View County councillors have had a first look at a proposed draft 2014 budget, which was presented at the Oct. 2 policies and priorities committee meeting.

The catastrophic flooding that struck parts of Central Alberta in June revealed the true power of how information could be shared quickly and across a large geographic area using social media and other online tools during a crisis.

October is National Child Abuse Awareness Month and rural Albertans are reminded to watch for signs of child abuse.

A consultant that looked at the condition of a paved county road west of Didsbury has recommended that the roadway be completely rebuilt, at a cost of more than $9 million. The report and findings of the Road West Engineering Ltd. survey of Rge. Rd.

Mountain View County council has carried a motion to re-designate 160 acres of land, located west of Didsbury, from agricultural district to institutional, educational and cultural district, in accordance with the land use bylaw.

A new national code for the care and handling of equines is good news for all equine owners and caregivers, say officials.

Having optimal weather conditions in the last weeks of summer and first week of autumn has led to high yields for some of the first crops harvested in Red Deer and Mountain View counties this season.

Red Deer Catholic Regional School's trustee Diane MacKay says she is looking forward to meeting the challenges facing students in her ward and across the school division over the next four years.

A national conference being held in Olds this fall will be a good opportunity for forage producers to meet and talk about ways to address challenges facing the industry, the Mountain View County agricultural services board heard.