Local News

Sundre siblings Becca and Parker Konschuh are ready to take on the world ñ at the World Junior Ladies and Men's Curling Championships starting next week.

A 27-year-old man has been charged with aggravated assault, assault with a weapon and possession of a weapon after another man was slashed and wounded on a rural property southwest of Sundre on Feb. 19.

Education property taxes in Mountain View County will jump by $800,000 this year, corporate services director Greg Wiens told council's policies and priorities committee last week.

Innisfail resident Craig Bedard is riding his Harley this winter, but it's not the 1999 Road King he bought last summer.Bedard is one of 20 contestants in the Live With A Gasoline Alley Harley Davidson contest, which launched on Feb. 18.

Approval of a requested speed limit and access point approaching the German Canadian Club community facility was deferred last week with Red Deer County council asking for more information.

Preliminary budgets for both the Chinook's Edge School Division and Red Deer Regional Catholic Schools are currently in the works and expected to be put before trustees in May and June respectively.

The winter of 2012 has not been kind to snow-savvy sports and activities throughout the region.

The Canadian Hereford Association has chosen the Olds Ag Society facilities to host some of the World Hereford Conference events this July.

The province will create an independent property rights advocate office to deal with landowner compensation and other issues, Environment and Water Minister Diana McQueen announced last week.

Acreage owners with large tree stands or looking to have large tree stands should keep in mind a couple of key dates in March.