Local News

DIDSBURY - Local RCMP members have been very busy over the last couple of weeks, dealing with everything from impaired driving to drug possession. Didsbury RCMP Staff Sgt.

Mountain View County’s municipal planning commission has approved a development permit for the removal of sand and gravel from a Sundre-area property in Division 6.

DIDSBURY - A good crowd came out to the first Git on Up GMC vintage truck show held on 19th Street in Didsbury. The event featured more than 100 trucks and close to 300 spectators, according to organizers.

The Mountain View County policies and priorities committee has passed a motion regarding the need for community peace officers (CPOs) to have updated access to Canada Police Information Centre (CPIC) data.

Weed inspections in the county are well underway for 2018, according to the legislative, community and agricultural services report presented to the policies and priorities committee last week.

Mountain View County’s policies and priorities committee has been given an update on the activities and plans of the recently formed Olds Citizens on Patrol Society (OCPS).

INNISFAIL - David Inscho is the latest and last candidate to enter the provincial byelection campaign. Inscho, 62, of St. Paul, is a former farmer and heavy equipment operator and has worked in commercial construction across northern Alberta.

CARSTAIRS - Town council has approved a change to the municipality’s emergency management bylaw. The move came by way of motions at the recent regularly scheduled council meeting.

The creation of the Olds College Smart Farm is great news for agricultural producers in the region and across Canada, says Olds-area farmer Jeff Nielsen, president of the Grain Growers Canada of (GGC) and a director on the Alberta Barley Commission (

Agriculture Minister Oneil Carlier says ensuring that producers selling food products labelled organic are now required to be certified is good for consumers.