Local News

Alberta's Energy Minister Ken Hughes is talking tough after Greenpeace revealed he met with industry leaders as the government began to decide on parameters for a review of the province's 400,000 kilometres of pipeline.

The Western Alberta Transmission Line was approved with minimal route changes by the Alberta Utilities Commission in a decision released on Dec. 6.The line is to run from Genesee, which is west of Edmonton, to the Langdon area east of Calgary.

Mountain View County councillors have expressed their displeasure with the delay of the $2.8-million Big Prairie Bridge project over the Little Red Deer River northwest of Cremona.

The new Education Act that passed third reading in the Alberta legislature recently is getting a passing grade by local school board chairs.

Red Deer County council approved its new municipal development plan unanimously at the Dec. 4 meeting with an eye to bolstering protection for agricultural vitality.

Two playground projects in Mountain View County will be helped along with recent funding commitment from Mountain View County.

The crop expert who first identified clubroot in western Canadian canola in 2003 has told Red Deer County farmers and landowners now is the time to develop a management plan for the disease.

In a recent closed session, the Chinook's Edge School Board and MLAs Kerry Towle and Joe Anglin addressed issues affecting the school board.

The Town of Didsbury will have to look elsewhere to help cover the cost of improvements at its pool since Mountain View County councillors denied any additional funding.

Mountain View County councillors have approved levels of service that will be provided by the various fire departments in the district.