Local News

About 60 county residents attended a presentation on rural property protection held at the Mountain View County administration office on Aug. 14. The event featured presentations from Didsbury RCMP Staff Sgt.

Cyclists who returned to Sundre to raise funds for cancer research, treatment and support during the 11th annual Alberta Enbridge Ride to Conquer Cancer were glad not to have to contend with wildfire smoke, which forced organizers to cancel the event

Expectations for the number of new oil and gas wells to be drilled across Canada this year have once again been revised downward.

INNISFAIL - About 50 farmers and ranchers took in the 15th stop of the UCP provincial government's Farm, Freedom and Safety Consultation on Aug. 16 at the Innisfail Library/Learning Centre.

The Mountain View County municipal planning commission approving authority has OK’d development permit and subdivision applications in four county divisions.

DIDSBURY - With a commercial anchor tenant now in place, optimism is higher that further development of Shantz Village will progress.

The Mountain View County municipal planning commission has approved a permit for the expansion of an existing gravel pit in the Elkton-Rugby rural community in Division 2.

INNISFAIL - The provincial government is loosening the purse strings on infrastructure monies for municipalities and Innisfail is cautiously pleased. On Aug.

DIDSBURY - Valarosa Parks Association has received a nearly $100,000 Community Facility Enhancement Program (CFEP) grant from the provincial government and is looking at starting to build a park in the fall, say organizers.

DIDSBURY - After four years as CAO in Didsbury, Harold Northcott is leaving to accept a similar position with the County of Vermillion River. The announcement was made in a press release sent out by the town on Aug. 9.