Local News

This fall has brought in a successful harvest for both Mountain View and Red Deer counties thanks to the warm and dry conditions this season.

The introduction of legislation on Oct. 18 to end the monopoly on the Canadian Wheat Board's selling of western Canadian grain is seen as a good move by the area's CWB representative.ìI support the move.

The Town of Sundre will be meeting with Sundre High School administration and other stakeholders to discuss what might be done about a projected drop in enrolment at the school over the next decade, say officials.

Mountain View County will not go ahead with its planned community engagement site, council decided Oct. 6.

The timeline for the Intermunicipal Development Plan between the City of Red Deer and Red Deer County is being reconsidered, but the proposed annexation of land ñ mostly to the east and west of the city ñ will remain the same following amendments app

The chair and vice-chair of the Chinook's Edge Board of Education were re-elected last week during the board's annual organizational meeting.

The trial of a 34-year-old woman charged after two people were attacked by two Akita dogs on a Didsbury-area property in July has been delayed to allow more time for the hearing.

After being delayed three months, CCI Wireless obtained approval Oct. 6 for two of its three remaining communication-tower sites in Mountain View County.

A group of 16 delegates from member countries of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development toured the Community Learning Campus in Olds last week, highlighting the unique nature of the hybrid campus.

An attempt by developers to save the Netook Crossing project at Highway 2/27 east of Olds hit a snag last week when Mountain View County councillors took issue with claims that misinformation had shaped public input for the Municipal Development Plan