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Mountain View County council has approved $10,000 in cemetery grant funding for 10 community organizations within the municipality. The approvals came during council's recent regularly scheduled council meeting.

The Mountain View County municipal planning commission has approved a development permit for an existing aggregate extraction gravel pit near Sundre. The approval came during the commission's recent regularly scheduled board meeting.

Although winter activity is encouraged, provincial officials say children shouldn't be outside sledding when the temperature reaches below minus 19 degrees Celsius.

With Alberta's new tougher penalties for distracted driving in effect starting this month, drivers who have gotten into the habit of paying more attention to their cellphone than the road ahead may want to consider changing their ways.

If Bowden residents want to obtain development permits or deal with issues such as safety code concerns, there's a new procedure in place. As of Jan.

Mountain View County road crews were kept busy over the Christmas weekend responding to the large snowfall event across the region, says Ron Baker, director of operations. More than 20 centimetres of snow fell in the district starting on Dec.

Re: “Unpredictable Pandora's box” Dec. 20, Page 24 Gazette.

More than 70 people attended the 2nd annual “Make A Joyful Noise” carol sing on Dec. 18 at the Water Valley Church Events Centre – with the food bank benefitting from guest generosity.

About 175 people, including local beef producers and agriculture students, attended the 2015 Ranching Opportunities conference at Olds College in January.

Alberta's two conservative parties are divided internally about a merger but under pressure from some of their members to unite against the NDP government.