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DIDSBURY -- After a great deal of discussion, councillors voted in favour of awarding the skatepark fundraising consultant project to Jordan Cleland Consulting of Olds at a maximum of $60,000 plus GST.

Mountain View Seniors' Housing (MVSH) residents will not be negatively impacted by the termination of contracts with Alberta Health Services (AHS), says chairman Bruce Beattie.

The Mountain View Regional Waste Management Commission is doing well in several areas, says Mountain View County Deputy Reeve Angela Aalbers. “Overall I think things are going really well,” said Aalbers.

For most people going through a cancer diagnosis once in a lifetime is traumatic enough. Terrie McEwen went through it twice, 22 years apart.

Jeff Ible, the NDP candidate in the Rimbey-Rocky Mountain House-Sundre riding, says he is concerned and disgusted by vandalism to a number of NDP campaign signs in Sundre over the weekend.

Gordon Francey, a Canadian military veteran, is running as an Independent candidate for the Rimbey-Rocky Mountain House - Sundre riding.

LACOMBE - The Innisfail Eagles played their hearts out in the Allan Cup final but fell short of earning their first Allan Cup title.

LACOMBE - The Innisfail Eagles played their hearts out at the Allan Cup final game but they fell just short. They were defeated 5-2 by the Lacombe Generals Saturday night (April 13) in a thrilling national championship contest.

Students from the region did very well at the recent Central Alberta Rotary Science Fair at Red Deer College on March 29 and 30.

INNISFAIL - It was 71 years in the making. The Innisfail Eagles are playing for their very first Allan Cup in team history.