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Fish and Wildlife officers are asking for public tips after several illegal bear baiting barrels were found in the Bearberry area northwest of Sundre last week.

Red Deer County mayor Jim Wood says he is generally pleased with the 2013 provincial budget, and in particular with the fact that there won't be a cut to the Municipal Sustainability Initiative (MSI) program.

Work is underway to expand a popular Sundre-based wild meat community support program to the Mountain View Food Bank, say officials.

About 45 people attended an open house at Sundre's West County Centre last week to have a first look at a draft of the new Southeast Sundre Area Structure Plan (ASP).

MVC council has approved a partnership with Red Deer County and the City of Red Deer to jointly acquire new aerial photos of the municipalities. During a recent county council meeting, councillors OK'd the MVC's estimated $60,000 portion of the cost.

You'd be forgiven for thinking there was little more than a convenience shop, a bar and a small liquor store, judging from the outside on an average night.

Once work resumes on the delayed Big Prairie Bridge project northwest of Cremona this spring, Mountain View County (MVC) will be monitoring the project on a daily basis, say Deputy Reeve Patricia McKean.

While giving businesses increased access to information that can help them is fine, the province needs to do more to streamline and simplify business-related regulations and codes, said the chair of Mountain View County's economic development committ

As spring and warmer weather approach, bears will begin to leave their dens of hibernation in search of food after their long winter's nap, experts say.

Mountain View County councillors have heard about ongoing plans to build an animal shelter for the region in Didsbury.