Local News

Mountain View County (MVC) council has passed a motion in support of Coun. Al Kemmere’s possible bid for a third straight term as the president of the Rural Municipalities of Alberta (RMA) Association.

CARSTAIRS - The Carstairs Heritage Centre has a new curator. Meggi Mah came from Saskatchewan to take over as curator-manager on June 1. She told the Gazette that so far she is enjoying the job and the community.

Mountain View County (MVC) council has passed a motion calling on the steering committee overseeing the updating of the Eagle Valley area structure plan (ASP) to hold a second open house soon. The move came during the June 13 council meeting.

Mountain View County (MVC) council has approved a new code of conduct for councillors.

The Didsbury-based 3025 Royal Canadian Army Cadet Corps held its annual ceremonial review at Didsbury High School on June 13.

CARSTAIRS - The Town of Carstairs is the first municipality in Mountain View County to ban the consumption of cannabis in any public place – if and when recreational cannabis use becomes legal in Canada.

DIDSBURY - At its recent regular council meeting, Didsbury council voted to defeat a motion to write a letter of support for the Wild Rose Humane Society.

CARSTAIRS - Although the process took a little longer than she had originally hoped, Carstairs-area youngster Claire Pedersen can now open her lemonade stand for business. The end-goal of the venture is to raise money for skiing, she said.

Mountain View County council has approved an updated public participation policy following input from residents. The move came during the recent regularly scheduled council meeting.

Mountain View County will use $50,000 recently made available by the provincial government for flood mitigation effort that will be used to upgrade water infrastructure in Cremona, says Reeve Bruce Beattie.