Beyond Local

Mountain View County’s Farm Plastic Round-Up Program is under review. The changes being considered are to only collect plastics that can be recycled and reallocating the monetary incentive to offset processing costs or equipment.

Friends and loved ones impacted by the Humboldt Broncos bus crash last April poured into a makeshift courtroom in a Melfort, Sask., gymnasium Monday to share their grief with the court.

Jaskirat Singh Sidhu did not stop at the intersection where he struck the Humboldt Broncos team bus on April 6, 2018.

Former Innisfail-Sylvan Lake MLA Don MacIntyre pleaded guilty to a charge of sexual interference during a court appearance in Red Deer Court of Queen's Bench on Friday, Jan. 11. A publication ban protects the identity of the victim.

About 1,800 cyclists will descend on parts of Mountain View County this weekend as the Enbridge Ride to Conquer Cancer takes place. Leaving Calgary on the morning of Aug.

INNISFAIL – Newly elected Innisfail-Sylvan Lake MLA Devin Dreeshen has been named as the United Conservative Party’s (UCP) trade critic. The UCP sits as Alberta’s official Opposition.

The pending cancellation of Greyhound service in Western Canada is a concern, including for its impact on business activity and the health care of rural residents, says Mountain View County councillor Al Kemmere, who is also the president of the Rura

The proposed sale of the controversial Trans Mountain pipeline has garnered mixed reaction from several local observers. The federal government announced on May 29 that it was purchasing the existing Trans Mountain pipeline for $4.

For months now, we have been following with interest, concern and consternation the debate between Alberta and B.C. about the Trans Mountain pipeline. We have heard much about how the project will benefit residents of Alberta, of B.C.

More than 160 urban municipalities, including the towns of Didsbury and Carstairs, have come out in support of the proposed Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project.