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Two provincial cabinet ministers faced a tough crowd in Olds last week for the last day of public consultation on Bill 6.

Suicides in Alberta have increased by 30 per cent this year and mental health officials say that could only be a taste of what's to come.

There were fewer hunters in the district for the moose and deer season this year, said a local Fish and Wildlife officer. “I did notice a decline in hunters this year,” said Adam Mirus during an interview Dec. 9.

After the ice age, domestic horses appeared again on the North American continent as a result of Spanish incursions, in the 1500s, to what is now Mexico. The horses gradually moved north towards the American Midwest and the Canadian Prairies.

Although there hasn't necessarily been a marked increase in incidents of livestock running at large in Red Deer County, peace officers are reminding owners of the importance of ensuring animals are kept where they should be.

The Mountain View County municipal planning commission has approved a development permit application for an existing public riding arena in the Wessex area near Carstairs. The approval came during the commission's recent regularly scheduled meeting.

Red Deer County council has approved multi-year budgets covering 2016-2018 operating expenditures and 2016-2020 capital expenditures. The approval came during the Dec. 8 regularly scheduled council meeting.

When crafting policy, the Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills Wildrose Party Constituency Association should look past ideology to what riding residents really want, president Michael Robertson says.

Baskets of Hope are once again helping make a difference in the lives of women affected by domestic violence.

Mountain View County councillors received the Mountain View Regional Waste Management Commission's 2016-2021 business plan for information at the Dec. 9 regularly scheduled council meeting.