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Revenues generated through linear taxation in rural communities will not be funnelled to major urban centres, according to Municipal Affairs Minister Danielle Larivee. Linear taxes are collected on such things as pipelines and power lines.

Mountain View County (MVC) council has agreed to support the Alberta Agricultural Service Board summer tour 2017 in conjunction with Red Deer County. “I think it's a good thing,” said MVC councillor and ag board member Duncan Milne.

An application to transform the doomed Benalto School into a chartered learning institution has been delivered to Alberta Education Minister David Eggen.

Mountain View County will be donating $2,500 to the Red Cross for Fort McMurray fire victim support. Council passed a motion approving the donation on May 11.

Fewer representatives have been coming out to Olds and District Community Policing Advisory Society (ODCPAS) meetings. The society wants to fix that problem.

Spring has sprung and the growing season is about to begin. Central Albertans will soon be enjoying fresh vegetables with the Community Shared Agriculture (CSA) program at The Jungle Farm, near Innisfail.

A Supreme Court ruling and the Liberal government's new legislation on assisted suicide has heightened interest in palliative care in this community, according to Kathy Kemmere, vice-president of the Olds and District Hospice Society.

The Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers (CAPP) would like municipalities across the province to change the tax rates they charge oil and gas companies, according to Chris Montgomery, the organization's manager of exploration and production co

Red Deer County reinstated its fire ban last week, joining a growing number of communities across Alberta that are responding to one of the driest and most fire hazardous springs in recent memory.

Mountain View County has been asked to contribute to the new Water Valley Community Hall project.