Local News

Numerous organizations and residents have vouched for the nomination of a Sundre resident for a 2018 Minister’s Seniors Service Award.

CARSTAIRS - A couple of Scarlett Ranch residents were recently talking and realized they didn't know many of their neighbours in their quaint Carstairs neighbourhood.

DIDSBURY - For municipalities, one of the biggest if not the biggest expense is infrastructure. Residents drive over roads and streets daily and when those roads and streets have problems like cracks and potholes, residents take notice.

RCMP contract under discussion With Didsbury hitting the 5,000 population mark recently, the town will soon need to pay for its own policing service.

INNISFAIL – Fishermen heading out to the Gleniffer Lake area will notice some unique additions to help them better dispose of unuseable line. The Innisfail Fish and Game Association recently introduced a new fishing line recycling program.

There’s no mistaking what killed four longhorns at a Mountain View County feedlot last week, says a slightly surprised cattleman.

On a farm near Carstairs, a husband and wife team take a dynamic approach to how they produce food – a biodynamic approach, that is.

1973 – MLA CRITICAL OF GOVERNMENT Area Social Credit MLA Bob Clark has some critical things to say about the new PC government of Peter Lougheed. In a front-page story Clark called on the government to do a better job funding schools.

DIDSBURY - Didsbury's 3rd annual Days of Yore re-enactment festival returns on the August long weekend with more groups than ever. The unique festival, which is organized by the Mountain View Arts Society, will be held Aug.

DIDSBURY - Crews have begun renovations to the main entrance of the Didsbury hospital necessitating a temporary new entrance to be established.