Local News

The spring of 2003 was a time when cattle producers across Mountain View County and all of Alberta were “basically in survival mode,” recalls Ernie Israelson.

About 60 trailers and RVs were evacuated from the Red Lodge Provincial Park campground 20 kilometres west of Bowden when the Little Red Deer River came over its banks on May 25.

By Dan Singleton MVP Staff Mountain View County staff will be inspecting between 25 and 30 properties for possible clubroot infestation this growing season, say officials.

A public hearing before the Mountain View County Subdivision and Development Appeal Board will be held on June 7 after West Can Seal Coating Inc. filed an appeal of a recent Municipal Planning Commission ruling, say officials.

Mountain View Seniors' Housing is weeks away from hearing whether it will receive a government grant it's competing for that could allow it to build a new 103-unit seniors' facility in Sundre, officials say.

Mountain View County councillors have approved a new fire agreement with the Town of Sundre, the latest in a series of new agreements with area municipalities.

Residents from across Mountain View County have come together to mourn the recent passing of former county councillor Linda Burrell. She was a lady who wore many hats and held many positions in the community.

An Olds-area family has made an outstanding effort to save two orphaned Canada goose goslings on their property.

The steering committee overseeing the preparation of the new Mountain View County Southeast Sundre area structure plan (ASP) has reviewed the results of a take-away survey handed out during a March open house.

Mountain View Seniors' Housing is hoping to recover over $900,000 in 2012 deficits this year, officials say.