Local News

Paterson GlobalFoods is moving forward with plans for a new grain terminal facility near Bowden after a recent appeal by an area landowner was denied.

Although the Sundre Petroleum Operators' Group (SPOG) made the tough call to cancel its annual Neighbours' Day fair this year, an official said the event will eventually be back.

A dozen of Alberta's top skeet shooters took part in the 2016 Alberta Provincial Skeet Championships at the Lone Pine Clay Target Club east of Olds on June 24 -26. Shooters came from Calgary, Provost, Red Deer and Olds for the competition.

A community in Alberta could become the new home of stone sculptures created by artists from around the world if a Kickstarter campaign by the owner of the Bergen Rocks succeeds.

Mountain View County (MVC) council has approved the paving of the entrance road and parking area of the new agriculture shop near the county head office. The move came during the recent regularly scheduled council meeting.

On July 1, we will come together to celebrate the 149th anniversary of Canadian Confederation. Although Alberta did not officially become a province until 1905, we have become an integral part of our nation's shared history.

Mountain View County lowered the flags at its facilities last week in honour of murdered British MP Jo Cox, who was killed outside her constituency office in northern England on June 16.

Setting up a placard photo of Premier Rachel Notley on an Alberta golf course so golfers could take a shot at the provincial leader during a recent tournament was all meant in fun, according to the man responsible.

The five-year renewal of the Campus Alberta Central (CAC) joint venture between Olds College and Red Deer College is great news for adult students across the region, says Bob Clark, chairman of the board of Olds College.

In a year where moisture conditions across the province have rebounded, it appears that Mountain View County is an outlier. Dallas Christopherson's farm northwest of Olds produced a Top 3 yield of all time last year, growing wheat, barley and canola.