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For one week they're just kids swinging from the ropes and singing by the campfire on 160 green acres of land surrounded by forest and overlooking Silver Creek in Water Valley.“They've all had this horrific thing happen to them in their life.

Reeve Bruce Beattie will offer to meet with Mayor Annette Clews in an effort to break an impasse between Mountain View County and the Town of Sundre over shared service agreements.

When Bob Mastin goes to the Seed Expo he is like a kid in a candy store.“My eyes literally pop open. This is really good,” said the Eagle Valley seed supplier who has been in the pedigree seed business in Mountain View County for more than 30 years.

Reeve Bruce Beattie will represent Mountain View County on Sundre's health professionals attraction committee, council agreed earlier this month following a presentation by committee members.

A July 4 decision from the Alberta Utilities Commission (AUC) denied an application from the Central Alberta Rural Electrification Association (CAREA) that sought a declaration it is the primary electricity distribution service provider within its se

The 107th Dogpound rodeo drew about 750 viewers to the grounds July 18, estimates Patricia McKean, secretary for the Dogpound Agriculture Society.“We had a larger entry than we've seen in the last five years,” McKean said of the 202 listed entries.

For more than a century, taming the land and raising the finest purebred Hereford cattle have been in the blood and soul of David and Phyllis Bricker.Originally from Chestermere, their farm operation moved to Mountain View County in 1976.

A proposal by former reeve Al Kemmere to post Mountain View County councillors' approved monthly expense claims on the county website met with strong support at the July 11 policies and priorities committee meeting.

Alberta Energy Minister Ken Hughes announced a pipeline safety review during a press conference held last Friday.

There was nothing premature about Mountain View County council adopting the new Municipal Development Plan almost a month earlier than previously announced, Reeve Bruce Beattie said Thursday.