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Tackling trail development and management in the West Country

Tackling trail development and management in the West Country

The Clearwater Trails Initiative (CTI) has for a number of years worked towards developing a multi-faceted trail stewardship program that fosters cooperation among users, industry and government.
Chinook's Edge faces bus funding crunch

Chinook's Edge faces bus funding crunch

With the provincial government only several weeks away from releasing its education budgets to school boards across the province, the Chinook's Edge School Division is scrambling for funding options to buy new buses if new monies don't arrive.
MLA approves of larger provincial cabinet

MLA approves of larger provincial cabinet

Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills MLA and Wildrose Party house leader Nathan Cooper says the provincial government may have been right to expand its cabinet from 13 to 19 ministers. The new cabinet was unveiled last week.
Stability needed in Alberta cabinet: MLA Cooper

Stability needed in Alberta cabinet: MLA Cooper

There's one main theme in Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills MLA Nathan Cooper's reaction to the provincial government's cabinet shuffle: the need for stability in various departments.
More speeders nabbed in county

More speeders nabbed in county

Four hundred more traffic tickets were issued by Mountain View County community peace officers in 2015 than in 2014, the policies and priorities committee heard Feb. 3.
Lifting art community to new heights

Lifting art community to new heights

It's an event like no other, lifting the art community to new heights from coast to coast. Art Battle Olds is back -- bigger and better than ever. And in 2016 it's all in support of the Olds and District Hospice Society and Hope 4 MVC Kids.
Grandparenting is an odd term

Grandparenting is an odd term

My grandchild has entered a family with a long history of strict, structured upbringing. There was sure and swift correction, but never a lack of love. She has no concept of these memories and traits that form her grandmother, though.
Modernization continues at Innisfail's Catholic school

Modernization continues at Innisfail's Catholic school

Hundreds of St.
Mount View Special Riding Association ready for another year

Mount View Special Riding Association ready for another year

The Mount View Special Riding Association (MVSRA) is preparing for another season of therapeutic riding for clients all over Central Alberta.
Creating a community for seniors in Sundre

Creating a community for seniors in Sundre

The construction of a three-storey $26.6-million seniors' living facility in Sundre is on budget and slightly ahead of schedule, say officials.
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