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Mountain View County producers are going to take a hit in the wallet this year, according to Kent Clifford, inputs manager at the Richardson Pioneer terminal just outside Olds.

Hunters are being encouraged to help out Mountain View food bank clients this hunting season through the Alberta Hunters Who Care Wild Game Foodbank Donation program.

Mountain View County council has approved plans to upgrade the audiovisual system in council chambers as well as in the Bearberry Room meeting area in the county office. The approval of the upgrade project came during the Oct.

There are now three fish and wildlife officers working in the Sundre and Olds area. Darren McInnes, 44, transferred from Calgary to the Sundre branch in July and is glad to be back in his home territory.

Mountain View County council has approved a number of changes to the Dog Control Bylaw. During the regularly scheduled council meeting on Oct. 8, councillors approved the addition of a definition for off leash dog park.

The Town of Carstairs almost has everything in line for a long-term-planned lagoon expansion, after Mountain View County council approved a land use redesignation for some of the land the town wants to use in the expansion, say officials.

Zebra and quagga mussels are on Red Deer and Mountain View counties' invasive species radar.

The Sundre Municipal Library continues to be a “strong asset to Mountain View County,” a two-person delegation told the county's policies and priorities committee on Oct. 1.

Forty area youngsters know a lot more about safe all-terrain vehicle (ATV) use after attended a recent one-day course at the Sundre rodeo grounds. Sponsored by the Sundre and District Agricultural Society, the Sept.

Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development is reminding motorists and farmers that sharing the road is of paramount importance — especially at this time of year during harvest.