Local News

DIDSBURY – The Town of Didsbury will be invoicing resident Kevin Bentley $2,379.01 for the administrative costs associated with the generation of hundreds of duplicate responses to the recent Recreation and Culture survey.

Mountain View County council has approved land use bylaw re-designations in divisions 1, 3 and 7. The moves came during the recent regularly scheduled council meeting, with all councillors in attendance.

Officials with the Westward Ho Campers Association (WHCA) have given an update on activities and plans at the facility to Mountain View County council. The review came during the recent regularly scheduled council meeting.

The provincial government’s plan announced last week to provide short-term relief to the Alberta shallow gas industry by reducing some of the expenses companies face is welcome news, says Al Kemmere, president of the Rural Municipalities of Alberta a

CARSTAIRS - Town of Carstairs council has approved an update of the municipality’s protective service committee policy. The move came during the recent regularly scheduled council meeting.

The Mountain View County subdivision and development appeal board has heard an appeal of the earlier approval of the expansion of Camp Evergreen south of Sundre. Eighteen people attended a July 4 hearing, which was held in county council chambers.

Chinook’s Edge School Division expects to see an increase in enrolment in the 2019-20 school year, officials said.

Rimbey-Rocky Mountain House-Sundre MLA Jason Nixon says his first two months as Alberta’s minister of Environment and Parks has been a real learning experience.

DIDSBURY - In Alberta, one in six men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer during his lifetime. When detected early, prostate cancer is one of the most successfully treated types of cancer.

CARSTAIRS - The Town of Carstairs council has approved a new inspection program for the monitoring of inflow and infiltration in the municipality’s sewage and stormwater system.