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Despite losing more than half of its MLAs to the ruling PCs, the Wildrose party will continue to push the government to meet rural community needs, including more infrastructure funding, says interim Wildrose leader Heather Forsyth.

A planning committee is looking at the possibility of replacing the current Water Valley Community Hall with a new one, say officials.

The Chinook's Edge School Division (CESD) transportation system is increasingly under pressure because of inadequate government funding, according to a report approved by the CESD board on Dec. 10.

Jackie and Allan Forbes like nothing better than shining a little light on the holiday season. In fact, they shine a great deal of light with their yearly Christmas display on their McDougal Flats property west of Sundre.

Rimbey-Rocky Mountain House-Sundre Independent MLA Joe Anglin says the decision by nine Wildrose MLAs, including Bruce Rowe, to cross to the Progressive Conservatives is wholly unjustified.

A Sundre-area woman convicted of manslaughter in the December 2010 shooting death of her husband has lost her application to appeal the conviction. The Alberta Court of Appeal dismissed Heather Wilson Duncan's application on Dec.

The Wildrose party is broken. Right-wing conservatives have had their chance to displace the more moderate Progressive Conservative brand.

A local farm possesses not just Canada's best Black Angus bull, but the finest one amongst all breeds, winning the Double Supreme this year. Remitall Farms Inc.

Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills MLA Bruce Rowe says his decision to leave the Wildrose caucus to sit as a Progressive Conservative was not a betrayal of his party but rather a move to help strengthen the government.

Donations of food and money are coming in thick and fast at the Mountain View Food Bank, and that's a good thing, says director Pat Graham, because the overall number of clients accessing the food bank is up 12 per cent over last year.