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A two-year long highway signage enforcement project has wrapped up in Mountain View County, with a total of 163 signs removed during the process.

After a frantic and in some cases surprising municipal election, it's time for all the new councils to get to work. All the great speeches and votes in the world are now behind us. It's time to step up to the plate and show what you're made off.

DIDSBURY - A couple of horse enthusiasts are in the process of forming a new 4-H club in the Didsbury area. Co-organizer Kerry Johnston said the club they belonged to previously had changed direction.

Nathan Cooper, the Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills United Conservative Party (UCP) MLA, says he is looking forward to getting down to work in his new Community and Social Services, Democracy and Accountability critic portfolio.

DIDSBURY - The Mountainview Colts' captain and leading scorer Colton Anderson has been a big part of the team's success for the last several years.

It's early, however the campaign for the next general election in Alberta started when Jason Kenney was elected the leader of the United Conservative Party.

The updated Municipal Government Act (MGA) should help improve cooperation among municipalities in the region, while also creating some new challenges, says Mountain View County councillor Al Kemmere.

CARSTAIRS - Former Mountain View County councillor Gwen Day has taken some time to talk about her experience as part of the recently completed year-long review of the province's electoral boundaries.

The Mountain View County policies and priorities committee has received annual reports from seven of the municipality's committees of council. The move came during the committee's recent regularly scheduled meeting.

A year-long review of the province's electoral boundaries has recommended changes to the existing Rimbey-Rocky Mountain House-Sundre (RRS) riding. The riding's current MLA, Jason Nixon, says he is generally pleased with the proposed new boundaries.