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DIDSBURY – The town office will be moving to a new building next year, say officials. The move will allow the library to expand into the town office doubling the library's current size. The decision was made at the regular council meeting on Oct. 25.

DIDSBURY - A representative from the Westglen School Parent Advisory Council (PAC) spoke to Didsbury council during question period asking about road safety.

Mountain View County will be taking speeding concerns to the provincial solicitor general following the recent defeat of a resolution at the Alberta Association of Municipal Districts and Counties (AAMDC) zone meeting.

Mountain View County council has given first reading to a bylaw that if passed would allow for the expansion of the federally-licensed and regulated medical marijuana facility north of Cremona.

DIDSBURY - The helipad at the Didsbury hospital is nearing completion.

Mountain View County Division 2 councillor and Deputy Reeve Patricia McKean says she will not be seeking re-election in 2017. In a Gazette interview last week, McKean said she plans to serve out her current second term.

Newly re-elected Mountain View County Reeve Bruce Beattie says the municipality is in a good position to meet challenges facing the municipality over the next year. Beattie was re-elected by fellow councillors to a sixth term at the Oct.

CARSTAIRS - For residents Ashley Reid and Nerissa Pitts giving back to the community comes naturally. It's a trait that has obviously been passed on to their children.

At the end of October, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau named 21 non-partisan senators to the upper chamber in a merit-based process. None were from Alberta, which does not have a Senate vacancy at present.