Local News

Preliminary budget calculations were to be going out to Chinook's Edge School Division administrators on Thursday, the board of trustees heard on Wednesday at the board's regular monthly meeting.

An Olds man who forced his daughter to perform a sex act on him last year will be sentenced in August.

In an attempt to ensure new power lines are installed in Mountain View County as efficiently as possible with minimal impact, councillors are calling for a policy that does not support ‘twinning' of lines.

It's grass fire season once again in Red Deer and Mountain View counties, with at least three blazes reported within the last two weeks.

An estimated 400 people attended the Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills all-candidates' debate held last Wednesday evening at the Olds College Alumni Centre.

Cremona residents could be looking at special tax rates, less representation, and impacts to infrastructure should the village dissolve into a Mountain View County hamlet, according to county councillors.

Springbrook's first community garden will have more than just plots for rent when it opens in May.

The Queen's Bench trial of a 19-year-old man charged after a violent home invasion in Didsbury in November 2010 has been adjourned until July.

With the “whack the frac” idea off the table, Mountain View County administration is looking at recovering damaged road costs associated with energy company activity through a sector-specific business licence.

A suggestion by the Canadian Medical Association (CMA) last week that provinces start issuing restricted graduated licences for senior drivers isn't getting great reviews in the district.