Local News

Mountain View County (MVC) Deputy Reeve Angela Aalbers has been appointed as the county's representative on the Sundre Forest Products Public Involvement Round Table (SPIRT) advisory group.

About 140 residents attended a town hall meeting at the Eagle Hill Memorial Community Centre on Feb. 20 to voice concerns about rural crime and to seek solutions.

When dinosaurs still roamed the earth and I was a young reporter, I covered criminal trials in which convicted people were sent to prison for possessing marijuana.

Red Deer RCMP are asking for public help in finding a missing 31-year-old woman that police believe may be in the Didsbury area. Sarah Dumont was last seen in Red Deer on Dec. 10.

They say good things come in threes. For the Rasmussen family, good things arrived in the way of Charolais triplets. Their 13-year-old Charolais dam Raindrop gave birth to two males and one female at midnight on Jan.

About 70 area residents attended a one-day workshop on the challenges facing landowners and other property owners when dealing with predators such as bears, cougars, wolves and coyotes. Held at the Gold and Silver Centre in Cremona on Feb.

Mountain View County council has given first reading to mandatory land use bylaw amendments related to development permits, changes that are required under the updated Municipal Government Act (MGA).

Mountain View County is joining the new Central Alberta community violent threat risk assessment (VTRA) protocol, with Coun. Greg Harris representing the municipality on the multi-stakeholder project designed to keep students safe.

CARSTAIRS – Students at Hugh Sutherland School (HSS) celebrated the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea by hosting their own Olympic day on Feb. 16. The opening ceremonies took place at around 9 a.m. at the Carstairs Memorial Arena.

It all started when the two of us sat down over a cup of coffee.