Local News

The populations in Mountain View and Red Deer counties followed Canada's aging trend between 2006 and 2011, with the number of residents 65 and older representing the counties' only expanding age group, new census figures released by Statistics Canad

A 61-year-old woman charged after her husband was shot and killed on their Sundre-area property in December 2010 will be going to trial next March.

The Electronic Recycling Association of Alberta (ERA) is warning the public to erase their hard drives or remove them completely before bringing them to any electronic waste collection depots.

Students and staff dressed in green T-shirts dug holes for spruce seedlings near the playground at Reed Ranch School last week.The tree-planting activity was part of the school's afternoon celebration of its most recent environmental achievement.

In one of their most strongly worded public statements to date, the developers of Netook Crossing last week warned residents of Mountain View County that the opportunity for Netook at Highway 2/27 will be lost if the new Municipal Development Plan is

Mountain View County council will be asked this week to consider a more-than-fivefold increase in its funding to STARS Air Ambulance.The increased amount of $24,718 is based on the county's population and calculated at a rate of $2 per capita.

The addition of two more storeys on the fire training centre in Olds plus additional apparatus will benefit not only area fire departments but other organizations as well.

The regional Fish and Wildlife office received a report last week that three coyotes had been sighted within the south-central end of the Olds town limits.

A man charged after seven people were attacked during a Didsbury home invasion in November 2010 has been ordered to stand trial.

Mountain View County's tree removal policy is “clearly inconsistent” with its stated top strategic goal for the environment, says a longtime resident of the Stirlingville area.