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About 200 guests and delegates attended the 2013 Provincial Rural Crime Watch Association (APRCWA) symposium at Olds College Feb. 8 ñ 10.

A review of Mountain View County's insurance policies has confirmed that the 2009 arson fire that destroyed the Big Prairie Bridge near Cremona is not covered. On Sept.

RCMP detachments in the area are reminding the public living in the rural areas to be on the lookout for suspicious activity following several break and enters to properties.

Imperial Oil has offered to test a spring on a Westward Ho property that the owner believes may have been contaminated by a recent fracking operation, company officials said. Landowner Chris Huhn says on Jan.

A 57-year-old woman charged after a Calgary woman was attacked and severely injured by two pit bulls in a Sundre trailer park last August will have her trial date set next month after she waived her preliminary hearing last week.

Sundre Forest Products (SFP), the largest forest company operation in West Central Alberta, will be focusing on wrapping up equipment upgrades, continuing operations and replacing older stock this year, say officials.

A recent audit by Calgary Board of Education found many of Calgary's schools lacking in accessibility for its disabled students, an issue Chinook's Edge School Division addresses on a case-by-case basis, based on a student's individual needs, said as

Mountain View County councillors are expected to consider a new employee and council fitness policy and procedure at this week's council meeting.

The Foothills Forage and Grazing Association (FFGA) has been working with ranchers for 41 years and officials are excited for another productive year of events and education.

MVC councillors have instructed administration to review the county's current dog control bylaw and come back with suggestions on how working dogs, also known as livestock guardian dogs, can be better handled in the legislation.