Local News

Red Deer County council approved its new municipal development plan unanimously at the Dec. 4 meeting with an eye to bolstering protection for agricultural vitality.

Two playground projects in Mountain View County will be helped along with recent funding commitment from Mountain View County.

The crop expert who first identified clubroot in western Canadian canola in 2003 has told Red Deer County farmers and landowners now is the time to develop a management plan for the disease.

In a recent closed session, the Chinook's Edge School Board and MLAs Kerry Towle and Joe Anglin addressed issues affecting the school board.

The Town of Didsbury will have to look elsewhere to help cover the cost of improvements at its pool since Mountain View County councillors denied any additional funding.

Mountain View County councillors have approved levels of service that will be provided by the various fire departments in the district.

Tall Timber Leisure Park, the huge 400-site RV park just east of the Town of Sundre, wants to connect to the municipality's new multi-million dollar east side water and waste water project but the town and Mountain View County are not expected to wor

Poachers have been very active in West Central Alberta over the past month, including during the final week of the general hunting season, with dozens of animals illegally killed and left to rot, says Sundre-Olds Fish and Wildlife officer Adam Mirus.

The South Red Deer Regional Wastewater Commission has revised its business plan and is re-examining its rate structures.

The man charged with second-degree murder in Timothy Guilbault's death appeared in Red Deer provincial court on Nov. 21.Aaron Guilbault is accused of killing his father, whose body was found Nov. 5 in a residence at Red Lodge Estates.