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Inspectors in Red Deer and Mountain View Counties are on the lookout for clubroot, a soil-borne disease that affects cruciferous crops such as canola, mustard and some vegetables, say officials.

A catch-and-release only restriction has been placed on the Red Deer River and its tributaries from upstream of the Dickson Dam all the way to the Banff National Park boundary as a result of the oil leaked into the river in June.

Despite the worst drought in decades south of the border, most of southern Alberta's crops have been doing well, say officials.

Air cadet Lindsay Marczak looked pretty healthy for someone who had been dead all afternoon.

A local farmer's field has been turned into an outdoor robotics lab.Dr.

Shell Canada's Alice Murray, who has been involved with Sundre Petroleum Operator's Group (SPOG) since its inception in 1992, says there have been many highlights for the organization over the years.

Becoming a new volunteer member of one of the province's 12 health advisory councils (HAC) would be a good way to have input and make a difference in the province's health- care system, says Sundre's Gerald Ingeveld.

Mountain View County officials, including Reeve Bruce Beattie and Deputy Reeve Patricia McKean, are scheduled to meet with Alberta Minister of Environment and Sustainable Resource Development Diana McQueen this week to discuss the need for an upgrade

When the Sundre Petroleum Operator's Group (SPOG) started up in 1992 it was an exclusively industry-based organization, without community membership and with no plans to get the public at large on board.

A newly formed Sundre-based committee comprised of residents, business owners, and other stakeholders living along the Red Deer River from the West Country to Gleniffer Lake is calling for the construction of a dam upstream of Sundre.