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Housing starts are down in Mountain View County, according to statistics complied by the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp (CMHC).Between January and September 2011, there were 31 housing starts, down from 36 in 2010, a 13.9 per cent decrease.

Students from Olds, Didsbury, Carstairs, and Bowden performed a variety of piano, vocal and instrumental selections when the Olds and District Music Teacher's Association held its annual scholarship recital on Friday, Nov.

The Red Deer Catholic Regional School Division's 2011-12 budget is six per cent higher this year than in 2010-11.

Newly elected Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills Progressive Conservative candidate Darcy Davis is the ìright man for the job,î said Arno Doerksen, MLA for Strathmore-Brooks.ìDarcy has a lot of empathy and he's a very good listener,î Doerksen said.

Councillors are trying to level the playing field for gravel sales in Mountain View County.

Premier Alison Redford announced last week the creation of a task force to deal with Albertans' property rights concerns.

Coming up $1.4 million short of a balanced budget, Mountain View County councillors voted last week to pass an interim 2012 budget this month and defer the final document until spring, when assessment numbers are known.

Heading into a year of transition, members of the Central Alberta Economic Partnership (CAEP), an economic development alliance of more than 50 members, voted to reappoint two board members during the group's fall general meeting in Red Deer last wee

Neuroese Properties has filed four separate development applications to Mountain View County that would allow the consortium to create up to 671 country-residential lots on four quarter sections and extend the Olds Central Highlands Golf Course to th

Sundre town council has instructed its administration to look into the possibility of the municipality selling the town's wastewater to oil and gas companies for use in fracturing operations in the region.