Local News

Mountain View County (MVC) council has approved the purchase of a replacement of the Sundre fire rescue trailer at a total cost of $33,433, with the county covering 80 per cent of the cost ($26,7456).

Rural Municipalities of Alberta Association (RMA) officials hope to meet with premier-designate Jason Kenney soon to discuss pressing issues and concerns facing rural Alberta, says Al Kemmere.

Elections Alberta has posted updated April 16 provincial election results, including from the two Mountain View County-area ridings. In the Rimbey-Rocky Mountain House-Sundre riding, a total of 25,206 votes were counted out of 30,389 electors.

DIDSBURY -- Didsbury RCMP were busy laying a number of charges stemming from a number of recent incidents.

Mountain View County council has given first reading of a proposed land use bylaw re-designation for the expansion of an existing aggregate extraction operation in the Elkton-Rugby rural neighbourhood.

1986: BRASSARD WINS BIG – The Didsbury Review reported on a landslide election victory for Tory Roy Brassard in the provincial election.

Prominent Olds citizen Terry Cody says now that the United Conservative Party (UCP) has been elected to govern this province, he's hopeful that pipelines will be built and that the economy in the community and across Alberta will improve.

The Mountain View County agricultural service board (ASB) will be sending a letter of concern to the minister of agriculture regarding changes to the province’s Ropin’ the Web website.

DIDSBURY -- Students at several Chinook's Edge School Division schools recently learned about online safety. Dustin Hogan from Safer Schools Together from White Rock, B.C.

DIDSBURY - Residents of Didsbury were out in force checking out the filming of Kevin Costner's latest movie, Let Him Go.