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Members of the Alberta Association of Municipal Districts and Counties (AAMD&C), including Mountain View and Red Deer County councillors, will be considering more than 40 resolutions at the organization's 2012 convention this week.MVC Div.

Ratepayers in Mountain View County divisions 3 and 7 would like to see more dust control and grader work on roads in their respective districts, they said during open houses last week.

A new bill that will see approval for future transmission line projects go through review and approval by the Alberta Utilities Commission (AUC) instead of the government is a step in the right direction for a local MLA.

Wild Rose Conservative MP Blake Richards – whose riding includes Sundre, Olds, Didsbury, Cremona and Carstairs – says his newly passed private member's bill will help protect the public at large and help police by preventing rioters from wearing mask

With the general hunting season now underway and running until the end of November, Sundre-Olds area Fish and Wildlife officers are asking for the public's help in identifying poachers and other violators.

When oil particles from the June Plains Midstream pipeline rupture near Sundre floated downstream past containment booms along Gleniffer Lake, water treatment plants proved ineffective at removing any of the petroleum hydrocarbon products detected.

Mountain View County councillors have been given a first look at the draft 2013 legislative services, community service, agriculture and land management budgets.

The future maintenance and upkeep of the Mountain View County road network is scheduled to be up for discussion at this week's policies and priorities meeting on Nov. 6.

A small gravel pit located 10 kilometres southwest of Penhold allowing for up to 50 trucks a day hauling during peak periods, was given the thumbs-up by Red Deer County's Municipal Planning Commission Oct. 16.

Mountain View County councillors have started the review of the proposed 2013 budgets, looking over operational budgets during last week's policies and priorities meeting.