Local News

DIDSBURY - Didsbury RCMP's top cop will be leaving the detachment at the end of April to take over as commander of the Airdrie RMCP detachment. Sgt.

CARSTAIRS - Carstairs Minor Hockey Association wrapped up another season recently and overall things went very well, say officials. In all 100 players played this year on five teams with two tyke teams, two novice teams and two atom teams.

Rural residents witnessing crimes or suspicious activities are encouraged to always contact police without delay, guests heard at a recent information session in Bergen. Put on by Mountain View County, the Division 4 open house saw Sundre RCMP Const.

DIDSBURY - With the warmer spring weather it's "batter up" for minor baseball. The Didsbury association has 120 boys and girls signed up this year in different age groups for ages four to 15.

Many producers in the area are especially busy this spring clearing up from last year's very wet fall while preparing for planting in the weeks ahead, says Grant Lastiwka, with Alberta Agriculture in Olds.

Mountain View County's agricultural services board (ASB) has approved grant funding for local projects totalling $19,149. The move came during the board's recent regularly scheduled meeting in council chambers.

A major Highway 22 upgrade project north of Cremona is underway and expected to be completed this fall. The project will include paving, grading and the construction of a climbing lane northbound out of Cremona.

DIDSBURY - A well-known Dutch band is touring Western Canada and will be making a stop in Didsbury. Winkler Prins Harmonie is the orchestra of Winkler Prins College, a fine arts school in Veendam, Netherlands.

New federal-provincial funding for upgrades to the QE II Highway in the north part of Mountain View County is welcome, says Deputy Reeve Patricia McKean.

CARSTAIRS - A head-on motor vehicle collision on Highway 2A south of Carstairs on Thursday afternoon claimed the lives of a man and woman, both from Calgary. The collision occurred north of Twp. Rd. 293 at about 4 p.m.