Local News

DIDSBURY -- After suffering a career ending hockey injury, Didsbury's Josie Hadway didn't know where to turn. The 19-year-old suffered through anxiety and depression when she realized that college hockey would no longer be part of her life.

CARSTAIRS -- A project that will see the water line twinned from Anthony Henday Water Treatment Plant northwest of Innisfail right down the 2A corridor to Crossfield is close to being on schedule and on budget, according to officials.

CARSTAIRS -- Two Carstairs volunteer firefighters were taken to hospital after a fire truck was struck at an accident scene on Highway 2 near Highway 581 on March 11.

The NDP has nominated its candidate in the Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills constituency for the upcoming provincial election.

A Carstairs Hugh Sutherland School teacher facing charges of sexual assault and sexual interference has been suspended, according to Chinook's Edge School Division superintendent Kurt Sacher.

BOWDEN – A huge cache of street drugs, including crystal methamphetamine, has been seized by Bowden Institution staff.

INNISFAIL – As Albertans prepare for a spring election candidates are already hitting the campaign trail.

Ask any farm family and they will tell you that growing up on a farm has immeasurable benefits. There are also risks, and one of the statistically higher risks for children on farms involves drowning in dugouts.

The lengthy cold weather in the province over the past month has been tough on cattle producers in Mountain View County, says Brian Roger, chairman of the county’s agricultural service board.

The number of development permit applications made in Mountain View County in 2018 was down slightly from 2017 totals, according to a report presented to council on March 6.