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The Canadian Agricultural Safety Association is urging all farmers to protect themselves against the potentially harmful use of chemicals by using as much safety gear as possible when handling chemicals.

Mountain View County council has approved a one-year amnesty program for non-compliant developments. A motion approving the program was passed at the May 14 regularly scheduled council meeting. The program will be in effect until June 1, 2015.

Mountain View County officials are helping to educate the public about late blight disease in Alberta in an attempt to contain the potential damage it could cause to tomato and potato crops.

The Chinook's Edge School Division is saying goodbye to River Glen School.

No matter what they produce, farmers can devise a way to stay out of harm's way with a new resource called the FarmSafe Plan.

With this year's angling season for the Red Deer River starting May 16, the Dickson Fish & Game Association is adding one more year to its survey of recreational use on the Red Deer, an initiative that continues its mandate of protecting the region's

A provincewide information campaign to inform residents, visitors and businesses in rural communities about the potential dangers of illegal marijuana grow operations could be useful, says Mountain View County reeve Bruce Beattie.

The Red Deer County agricultural services board has released its 2014 action plan, outlining programs and projects for spring and summer.

The renewal of the memorandum of understanding between the RCMP and the Alberta government to provide victim service units (VSUs) across the province is good news, say officials.

An extensive review of legislation and procedures regarding aggregate extraction in rural Alberta has come up with a number of recommendations for improvements.