Local News

About 1,500 spectators enjoyed excellent weather to take in the 109th annual Dogpound Stampede rodeo July 16.

It has been what one plant pathologist for the province called a “banner year” for stripe rust but that is not the only cereal leaf disease farmers need to watch for.

The steering committee overseeing the updating of the Bergen area structure plan (ASP) has accepted the results of a survey conducted during a June 9 open house.

Mountain View County council has OK'd talks between the Town of Sundre and the municipality regarding utility servicing costs on the east side of Sundre and the adjacent county lands.

The Mountain View County's agricultural service board has instructed administration to step up efforts to ensure that the soil-borne plant disease clubroot doesn't find a home in the county.

If the story was published in a mystery novel, it could be called The Curious Case of the Missing Water Pumps.

Despite former premier Alison Redford resigning from her Calgary-Elbow seat on Aug. 6, the Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF) still believes that a citizen-led MLA recall option should be available to voters.

Mountain View County council has deferred a vote on a bylaw that would allow volunteer firefighters to install flashing green lights on their private vehicle for use when responding to their respective firehalls during emergencies.

AltaGas has invested roughly $400 million in upgrades and other work at the Harmattan Gas Processing Complex east of Highway 22 and north of Highway 584 since taking over ownership of the plant in 2008, say officials.

Mountain View County councillors have given final reading to two bylaws related to the county's portion of funding for the new Sundre seniors lodge.