Local News

Seventy youngsters took part in the Jan. 28 Mountain View Cowpoke Junior Rodeo at the Raecer Ranch Arena. The rodeo features competitors age three to 14.

Mountain View County's policies and priorities committee has been given an update on a multi-stakeholder awareness program that is protecting the West County recreational areas along the Eastern Slopes of the Rocky Mountains.

U.S. President Donald Trump should be commended for keeping his election promises, including his recent moves to tighten up immigrant access to the States, says former area member of Parliament Myron Thompson.

The fractured unite-the-right movement is headed for the train wreck of two and possibly three conservative challengers to the NDP in the next election.

CREMONA - A recent executive order from U.S. president Donald Trump has people throughout the world abuzz. Trump's controversial order bans people from certain countries from entering the United States for 90 days.

CREMONA - The village will soon be sending out a Citizen Satisfaction Survey to residents after council approved the questionnaire at the regular meeting on Jan. 17.

The Mountain View County municipal planning commission has approved a development permit application for an existing kennel-canine behaviorist business northeast of Sundre. The OK came during the commission's recent regularly scheduled meeting.

CARSTAIRS/CREMONA/DIDSBURY - A new resource, Access to Food, is available for residents in Didsbury, Carstairs, Cremona and Water Valley who may have difficulty accessing food.

U.S. president Donald Trump's recent executive order to move forward with the TransCanada Keystone XL pipeline is good news for Central Alberta, says area MLA Jason Nixon.

Years ago my husband found us a tiny rental property squeezed between a long-established church and an older, down-at-the-heels three-floor walk-up. The area was quickly being taken over by small businesses and large apartment complexes.