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When the Sundre Petroleum Operator's Group (SPOG) started up in 1992 it was an exclusively industry-based organization, without community membership and with no plans to get the public at large on board.

A newly formed Sundre-based committee comprised of residents, business owners, and other stakeholders living along the Red Deer River from the West Country to Gleniffer Lake is calling for the construction of a dam upstream of Sundre.

The largest maintenance turnaround in 12 years has just been completed at the $1 billion Shell Caroline Gas Complex north of Sundre – a project that involved more than 160,000 man-hours and one major change to the facility's makeup.

A highway upgrade project on the Burnt Timber Road north of Cremona is a great example of stakeholders working together to maintain vital area infrastructure, say participating partners.The 28-kilometre, $3.

The Red Deer airport is one of 32 prospective choices for WestJet to call home. Announced in May, West Jet chose the Montreal-based Bombardier Inc. to supply aircraft for its new regional airline expected to launch in June of 2013.

Alberta wheat farmers are now united under one banner with the creation of Alberta Wheat Commission last week.

No matter what security precautions Jeremy Tookey invests in his business the copper thieves come back.For the past three years Tookey, the owner of Olds Electric & Lighting Ltd., has been victimized at least five times.

An annual symposium that draws sculptors from all over the world to Bergen is taking a hiatus this summer.“This year I'm sort of having a break,” said founder Morton Burke.

An Olds auto dealer is giving a big boost to the Netook Crossing Business Park.

Linden Lonsberry, safety manager with the Chinook's Edge School Division, has been elected to the position of chair of the Alberta Education Health and Safety Association (AEHSA).