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About 35 people made their way to the AltaLink open house in Innisfail last Tuesday to learn about the preferred and alternative routes for new transmission-line upgrades in the region.

The populations of both Mountain View and Red Deer counties dropped slightly between 2006 and 2011, according to federal census numbers released last week.Red Deer County's population went down by 1.

Provincial government plans to give a larger role to the volunteer-based health advisory councils is welcome news, says Sundre's Gerald Ingeveld.

The plan to turn solid waste into energy in Central Alberta was shelved late last week as the Central Waste Management Commission announced it would no longer be pursuing the Plasco gasification plant.

Family and Community Support Services funding to organizations in Mountain View County will rise by 25 per cent from last year after council approved this year's grants at its Feb. 1 meeting.

Council voted Feb. 1 to put up $30,000 to gauge the feasibility of establishing a land trust in Mountain View County.The decision came after a conference call with consultant Jim Smith of Mancroft Resource Group.

The trial of a 31-year-old man charged after his then-girlfriend was allegedly choked on an industrial shop floor in Sundre in 2009 will continue in June, a judge said Wednesday.

Since mid-October, 20 women from Mountain View County and other surrounding counties have volunteered their time, yarn and skills to knit 58 scarves for Special Olympics Canada Winter Games participants.

Almost two-thirds of Canadians surveyed last month for an Environics Research poll support a moratorium on hydraulic fracturing ñ or fracking ñ until the federal government conducts environmental reviews of the practice.

Red Deer County council wrestled over a development permit application for discretionary use for a riding arena and stables during its Municipal Planning Commission meeting last week.