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This year's Canadian Derby champion was developed on a property in Mountain View County.Freedoms Traveller rocketed to a come-from-behind win at the high profile horse race in Edmonton Aug. 20.

The founder of the Bergen Rocks International Sculpture Symposium said this year's edition was a tremendous success, even though it saw a slight drop in attendance over previous years.

Markerville's Paula Anderson is a businesswoman who draws her inspiration from what she sees as pure, honest and real.She owns a store in Red Deer called Wicked Green.

A review of Mountain View County's two largest departments found staff were ìgenerally following darn good practicesî but were working under ìsome anxietyî due to uncertainty and constant change, said the consultant in charge of the reviews.

A past chair of the Alberta Beef Producers has launched his bid for the Progressive Conservative party nomination in Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills.

Mountain View County administration is expected to deliver a report to council this Wednesday on a proposed road tax for multi-stage fracking operations to recoup the cost of damage to county infrastructure.

Shell Canada has agreed to contribute $1.25 million toward the repaving of Burnt Timber Road (Twp. Rd. 304), Mountain View County infrastructure manager Ryan Morrison told councillors on Aug. 24.

Mountain View County residents will have a chance to fill up on free pancakes later this month.A pancake breakfast to commemorate the county's 50th anniversary will be hosted by council and staff on Friday, Sept.

It's Portraits of Honour Week from Sept. 11-17 for Red Deer County and the City of Red Deer.County mayor Jim Wood and city mayor Morris Flewwelling officially proclaimed the decision last Thursday at Veteran's Park.

The Midway Community Association is eyeing the acquisition of land where the vacated Midway School presently sits.Midway School closed just over one year ago in a decision made by Chinook's Edge School Division following a viability study.