Local News

Meadow Creek Vaulting Club members Jeanine van der Sluijs and Dallyn Marie Shields did well at a recent competition in the United States. Held in Tryon, N.C., the 2018 World Equestrian Games ran from Sept. 11 to Sept. 23.

Weather once again sidelined the Alberta Ride To Conquer Cancer’s Sundre event plans. Days before the Saturday, Sept. 22 Celebratory Ride event, organizers cancelled it based on a forecast of snow and possible freezing rain.

DIDSBURY - The Didsbury Fire Department (DFD) safety audit is underway and the results are expected before Sept. 25, Deron Reimer, manager of protective services for the Town of Didsbury, told council.

Mountain View County council has approved a plan to use $56,000 in excess federal gas tax funding to support the municipality’s rechipping road program. The move came by way of motion at the recent regularly scheduled council meeting.

DIDSBURY - "Viva Mexico!" was the chant on Sept. 15 at Zion Church as more than 400 people came out for a Mexican celebration during Mexico's independence day.

The Mountain View County subdivision and development appeal board has denied an appeal by a dog kennel owner in the Water Valley-Winchell Lake area regarding the cancellation of the development permit for the facility.

Didsbury fire Chief Craig Martin has left the department effective immediately, he said Monday. He has been the chief in Didsbury for the past three years. “I have not renewed my contract,” said Martin.

The Mountain View County municipal planning commission has approved a development permit for an industrial storage and warehousing facility in the Wessex neighbourhood. The approval came during the commission’s recent regularly scheduled meeting.

DIDSBURY - The Didsbury Lions Club members and their Westglen School helpers will be hitting the streets of Didsbury on Thursday evening, Sept. 27 from 5 to 8 p.m. collecting food for the Mountain View Food Bank.

The Chinook’s Edge School Division is committed to protecting students and staff from the dangers of tobacco use, and to encouraging smoking cessation across the education community, says superintendent Kurt Sacher.