Local News

A recent bear attack on a man in the Water Valley area highlights the need for visitors to the west county to put safety first - and that includes taking action to prevent wildlife encounters from happening in the first place.

DIDSBURY - RCMP officers were fairly busy in the district in the past couple of weeks. ï An attached garage on 23rd Street in Didsbury was broken into between July 2 and 3. Cpl.

Mountain View County council has approved the cancellation of tax levies totaling $43,846 and penalties of $271,336 to realize a bad debt expense totaling $315,182. The move came during a recent regularly scheduled council meeting.

1917 - Killed by train In a front-page story the Olds Gazette reported on a tragic accident.

CARSTAIRS - The town could be using an automated voting system in the upcoming municipal election after council passed a motion (Bylaw No. 1050) at a recent meeting.

My Christian training began in a miniscule rural church in the Westward Ho area. Prior to the construction of that facility, the small congregation gathered in the nearby schoolhouse, on the Westward Ho Road, a mile or two south of the hamlet.

Mountain View County has officially asked the provincial government to review the current code of practice for asphalt paving plants.

The intermunicipal subdivision and development appeal board has denied an appeal by an Olds-area landowner to have a third dwelling on his property.

The conventional wisdom is that the sure way to defeat Rachel Notley's NDP government in the 2019 election is for the opposition to consolidate. The opposite is happening. Ten parties are mustering for the next election.

In Red Deer on the final weekend in June, politically moderate refugees from the Progressive Conservative party agreed to join forces with the Alberta Party to form a "centrist" alternative to the NDP, the Wildrose or, if it comes to pass, the conjoi