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The Sundre-based Red Deer River Quality Control Committee is reforming in an effort to get the provincial government to move forward with flood mitigation efforts, says chairman Myron Thompson.

A television station based in Olds has found a home on the community's O-NET fibre-optic network. Central Alberta Television (CATV) and O-NET, the service provider and marketing brand for Olds Fibre Ltd.

Jared Hunter left Canada for a week in New Zealand last month as just your average farm boy from Didsbury but came home a world champion.

Teachers and administrators in Chinook's Edge School Division should be encouraged to not only embrace new technology but also to get the most of it for the benefit of all students, according to educator George Couros.

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.