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With the percentage of Canadian young men completing secondary schooling showing a general decline in recent years, Chinook's Edge teachers are being encouraged to help reverse the trend by working with boys at the grade school level. During the Oct.

Redford government plans to consult municipalities before going any further with controversial new legislation that critics say could negatively impact local government autonomy is welcome news, says Mountain View County reeve Bruce Beattie.

The president of the Canadian Medical Association (CMA) is calling on governments to consider the benefits of installing seatbelts on school buses following a recent crash south of Carstairs that injured nine students. Dr.

RCMP are asking for public tips after vandals caused extensive damage at the Forest Heights Golf Course, north of Westward Ho, on October 13-14. Suspects damaged several golf carts and defaced a number of greens at the site.

Angela Aalbers brings 15 years of international experience in the oil industry with her to the Mountain View County council table as the acclaimed councillor for Division 5.

Recounts in two Red Deer County divisions have confirmed the Oct. 21 voting results, resulting in the election of Connie Huelsman in Division 4 and Don Church in Division 3, election officials said. On Oct.

With the new Mountain View County council scheduled to be sworn in Oct. 30, councillors are anxious to get down to work, says reeve Bruce Beattie.

Mountain View County has received a prestigious award for its budgeting procedures.

RCMP officials are warning rural residents in the region to be on the lookout for break and enter suspects staking out properties by approaching residences and asking fake questions.

Following a trip to Ottawa to the Motorcycle Ride For Dad's (RFD) annual summit, rural Alberta chapter chair Dean Harper returned home last week with the prestigious President's Choice Award, which has only been given out four times since the foundat