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A public hearing has been scheduled for May 10 at the Red Deer County office regarding the 2016 tax rate bylaw. On April 26 council passed first reading of the bylaw, which calls for a zero per cent increase across the board.

The new $2.3-million Mountain View County (MVC) agriculture lands and parks services shop will be a worthwhile asset for the municipality, including in terms of meeting staff needs, says Reeve Bruce Beattie.

A clearer picture on the different sources of pollution is needed to improve ambient air quality in the Red Deer region, said the Parkland Airshed Management Zone's (PAMZ) executive director.

Red Deer County's two proposed giant grain terminals are successfully working their way through municipal approval processes with both earning development permit approval.

Mountain View County council has come out in support of the Carstairs regional skate park project with a $25,000 contribution. The move came during the recent regularly scheduled council meeting.

Red Deer County council has given first reading to the new Gasoline Alley west major area structure plan (ASP). The approval came during a recent regularly scheduled council meeting.

Residents of Red Deer County, Mountain View County and Clearwater County are invited to learn about living with and managing one of Canada's best-known symbols – the beaver.

How do we spend our free time, our recreational time? That question would have been rhetorical for our pioneering ancestors. Their “downtime” no doubt included mending harnesses, repairing boots and darning socks.

Regional schools boards are generally pleased with the NDP government's April 14 provincial budget that kept its promise to provide sustainable funding for increased enrolment, but any feel-good mood is blunted by worry the impact of the pending carb

A local Fish and Wildlife officer says now is the time for producers to take extra care to keep their livestock safe.