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RED DEER – The Games have begun. Competition in four sports that are part of the 2019 Canada Winter Games got underway Saturday, Feb. 16, including hockey, table tennis, speed skating and ringette. An opening ceremony was held Friday, Feb.

RED DEER - It was a night like no other. The 2019 Canada Winter Games opening ceremonies in Red Deer on Friday night (Feb. 15 ) kicked off an evening filled with music, dance, anticipation and plenty of excitement. "This is very exciting.

Red Deer - Team Alberta athletes, coaching and support staff were the first to arrive at Red Deer College on the morning of Thursday, Feb. 14 in preparation for the 2019 Canada Winter Games.

Mountain View County council has approved a 1.9 per cent cost of living adjustment (COLA) increase for staff and council retroactive to Jan. 1, 2019. The move came by way of motion at the recent regularly scheduled council meeting.

Mountain View County (MVC) council has been given an update on the Mountain View Regional Waste Management Commission 2019 budget. The review came during council’s recent regularly scheduled meeting in council chambers.

Beef producers can expect to be working closely with veterinarians as antimicrobial protocols change in Canada, participants heard at the annual Ranching Opportunities conference at Olds College. Dr.

Gerald Ingeveld, president of the Olds and District Rural Crime Watch Association (RCW) says he welcomes a new multi-stakeholder project aimed at reducing crime in rural Alberta, and break and enters in particular.

DIDSBURY -- The Town of Didsbury held a couple of budget meetings on Jan. 31 at the town office. The meeting consisted of two parts, a review of the 2019 proposed capital budget followed by the 2019 proposed operating budget.

The Alberta Beef Producers (ABP) working group looking at the Bighorn Country proposal issued a list of concerns it says it has with the plan.

More than 400 area residents and visitors from outside the district attended a three-hour open house regarding the Bighorn County proposal in Sundre on Jan. 4.