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In an effort to bring more support to family members and others coping with suicide loss in West Central Alberta, the non-profit Suicide Information and Education Services (SIES) organization is stepping up its presence and programs in area rural com

Harry Drever is the first to admit that he's a ìtrue, diehard Calgary Stampede fan.

The Alberta Surface Rights Group is calling for a moratorium on hydraulic fracking after an incident that took place near Innisfail in mid-January.

An expected outcome of council's freeze on multi-lots, applications for subdivision, rezoning and development permits fell dramatically last year in Mountain View County, planning department statistics released last week show.

Wildrose Leader Danielle Smith pitched her party as agents of ìhonest-to-goodness changeî at a fundraising dinner for candidate Bruce Rowe in Olds last Tuesday.

A 35-year-old woman who gave police a false name on two occasions in 2011 has been given one day in jail and fined almost $3,500.

Due to the extremely cold weather last week, both the Chinook's Edge School Division and the Red Deer Regional Catholic Schools rural routes did not run buses on Wednesday.

Outdoor recreational vehicle storage is now a discretionary use on agriculturally zoned land under the revamped land-use bylaw approved by Mountain View County council last week.

At a time when Albertans were using record levels of electricity, the leader of the Alberta NDP launched a petition campaign to push for regulation of Alberta's energy market.ìWe now have record prices,î Brian Mason said during last week's cold snap.

Animal Science professor Temple Grandin believes that one of the major issues facing agriculture these days is that the public is getting further and further away from it.