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Mountain View County staff members have met with Alberta Environment and Sustainable Resource Development (AESRD) officials as part of ongoing efforts to mitigate flood dangers on the Red Deer River upstream from Sundre.

Residents in Red Deer and Mountain View counties will be voting according to new constituency boundaries in the next federal election after the Electoral Boundaries Commission for Alberta submitted its report to the House of Commons in early December

Mountain View County councillors have passed a motion expressing concerns with proposed changes being made to provincial legislation governing emergency response and preparedness in the event of oilfield emergencies.

Mountain View County councillors will be examining proposed amendments to the land use bylaw regarding gravel pits in the county.

Limiting the spread of new weeds from the horticulture industry to agricultural lands is one of the priorities the Red Deer Agriculture Service Board will be tackling in 2013, according to chairman Phillip Massier.

The Red Deer River Quality Control Committee has sent a letter to Premier Alison Redford requesting a face-to-face meeting to discuss its concerns about possible future flooding upstream of Sundre, says Myron Thompson, chairman of the committee.

Conditions were driest in decades Mountain View and Red Deer counties experienced their driest 180-day period in decades in the winter of 2012. From Nov. 1 to Feb. 14 the region on average receives between 60 and 65 millimetres of precipitation.

A local MLA says that the recently appointed property rights advocate won't help Albertans maintain their land rights.

A public hearing has been scheduled for Jan. 23 at the Mountain View County office regarding a proposed facility for the promotion of Aboriginal culture and heritage.

The Sundre Petroleum Operators Group (SPOG) has outlined some of its plans for the new year, including a spring mutual aid exercise and an education session about flaring at an environment committee Learn at Supper event in April, says executive dire