Local News

Mountain View County council has set the public hearing date for the proposed new inter-municipal development plan between the county and the MD of Bighorn. The plan received first reading during the recent regularly scheduled council meeting.

CARSTAIRS -- At its regular meeting on April 8 council approved four borrowing bylaws for Mandalay, the quarter section of land between Hugh Sutherland School and the campground in Carstairs on the east side of Highway 2A.

INNISFAIL – RCMP have laid a manslaughter charge against a local man in connection to an incident outside the Innisfail Hotel earlier this week. At about 10:30 p.m.

École Olds High School alumna Ashley Anderson had the opportunity to be a part of the Daughters of the Vote program as the delegate from Red Deer­-Mountain View.

DIDSBURY -- Following a public hearing and some discussion, council approved first reading of a motion to rescind the old land use bylaw (2013-03) and to adopt the new land use bylaw (2019-04).

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.