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Farmers are being urged to be cautious near power lines now that the growing season is fully underway. In 2013, FortisAlberta recorded 35 incidents of farm workers contacting an electrical power line.

Shell's Burnt Timber gas plant will process its last molecule of gas on June 18, 2014, after 44 years of exceptional service.

A plant pathologist for the province says he's never seen a case of stripe rust like the one found in winter wheat at an Olds cereal nursery. “This is the first report of the disease overwintering in the last decade or two.

As dozens of students throughout Chinook's Edge School Division don caps and gowns to celebrate the end of their high school careers, the schools themselves are also celebrating “all time high” graduation completion rates.

When I was editing Arne Nielsen's memoirs, he took me to his family's farm at Standard where he grew up.

About 2,000 people of all ages attended the 61st annual Water Valley Stampede Rodeo on June 7 and 8, with guests treated to some great competition under warm weather condition, say organizers.

Three months after approving $4,600 funding for the project, Mountain View County (MVC) has installed floating islands on Hiller's Dam reservoir northeast of Didsbury.

By Dan Singleton MVP Staff About 40 area residents attended the public open house for the Bergen area structure plan (ASP) review now being undertaken by Mountain View County.

The provincial government has launched a new program aimed at helping disabled Albertans gain meaningful employment. The government is spending $2 million to create the Employment First Innovation Fund.

Mountain View County council has adopted an updated vision statement and strategic goals, both of which Reeve Bruce Beattie says will help guide future council decisions and directions.