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Six trustees have been acclaimed in the Chinook's Edge School Division, with election campaigns now underway in the three other wards, according to unofficial nomination results released Monday.

There will be election campaigns in five of the six divisions in Red Deer County, with Mayor Jim Wood and first-term Division 1 incumbent councillor Phillip Massier acclaimed, according to unofficial nomination results released Monday.

There will be municipal election races in Mountain View County divisions 1, 6 and 7, with candidates elected by acclamation in divisions 2, 3, 4 and 5, according to unofficial nomination results released Monday.

Alberta's auditor general will be compiling an independent audit of oil and gas pipeline safety in the province, following a report compiled by Group 10 Engineering (G10) that reviewed the regulations the provincial government has set for oil and gas

By Dan Singleton MVP Staff Mountain View County councillors have instructed administration to move forward with an application for provincial flood mitigation funding.

One of the claims made in the Alberta government's new wetland policy is that it will, for the first time, cover all types of wetlands in the province. Unveiled to the public on Sept.

Techmation Electric and Controls will be opening an office in the Netook Business Park sometime in 2014, with construction expected sometime after December.

The Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) has reported that operating expenses of the majority of Alberta's municipalities have been rising at an “unsustainable” rate over the past 11 years.

With harvest in full swing across the region, families, friends and neighbours are once again out in the fields trying their best to get the crops in for another year.

Mountain View County councillors have approved the donation of $11,000 worth of crushed gravel to Camp Kindle west of Water Valley.