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Town of Sundre council has once again applied for mediation in a dispute with Mountain View County council, but county reeve Bruce Beattie says it's not necessary.

Transport Canada's and Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada's announcement that minimum volume requirements for the rail transportation of grain will remain in place until at least the end of March is welcome news for the region's agriculture industry, s

Thirty-five performers took part in the Meadow Creek Equestrian Vaulting Club Funfest southeast of Olds on Nov. 29, despite bitterly cold weather in the region that day.

The Chinook's Edge School Division (CESD) is in good financial shape despite a $369,000 drop in accumulated surplus, according to treasurer Susan Roy. A special meeting of the CESD board was held on Nov.

Alberta Health Services (AHS) has declared a whooping cough outbreak in the province's central zone following a spike in cases. A bacterial infection, whooping cough or pertussis can lead to pneumonia, seizures, brain damage or death.

The Olds-based Wild Horses of Alberta Society (WHOAS) has entered into an agreement with Alberta Environment and Sustainable Resource Development (ESRD) regarding free-roaming horses west of Sundre. The five-year memorandum of understanding (MOU) is now in effect and will run through November 2019. "The agreement allows WHOAS to undertake two experimental programs to help control feral horse populations," ESRD spokesperson Duncan MacDonnell told the Gazette.

After the snowstorm in September that managed to flatten much of the region's crops before the harvest, it was clear that harvesting those crops was not going to be an easy task.

Following the recent release of an area resident survey, the steering committee overseeing the development of the Mountain View County area structure plan (ASP) for the Wessex area around Carstairs has reviewed a first draft of plan policies.

Tracey McCrimmon gave an emotional testimony while passing over the Sundre Petroleum Operators Group (SPOG) executive director role to Eric Berg during a celebration on Nov. 27.