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A day in the world of politics can seem like an eternity. On Monday, Nov. 17 MLAs returned to the Alberta legislature to listen to the new premier's first speech from the throne.

(This is the first in a series of stories on area community halls) Bearberry Hall is currently financially stable, but “there have been times it's been kind of up and down.

A Mountain View County woman has dedicated her time to reuniting lost dogs with their owners ever since her dog went missing near Sundre last year. Kim Taylor still has hope her male chocolate Lab Ryley will return home, after he went missing on Feb.

Red Deer County councillors are scheduled to consider the proposed 2015 operating and capital budgets at this week's council meeting, with administration requesting that the vote to pass the budgets be considered on Dec. 9.

Mountain View County resident Susan Page has been recognized as one of three recipients of the volunteers of the year award by the Canadian Association of Fairs and Exhibitions (CAFÉ).

Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills Wildrose MLA Bruce Rowe says the province's decision not to include menthol as part of its new youth smoking prohibition laws makes no sense.

Trustees on the Chinook's Edge School Division Board of Education have given themselves a raise, one that works out to an overall increase of 6.7 per cent in the school board's budget.

A Mountain View County moratorium on some new development in the McDougal Flats area along the Red Deer River west of Sundre has been approved – with a modified and smaller moratorium area than the one originally proposed in October.

The Tomorrow Project is a long-term study following the health of Albertans and seeking to understand the causes of cancer, heart disease and other long-term health conditions.

Although the Alberta wildfire season ended on Oct. 31, wildfires can start at any time of the year, according to officials.