Local News

New Transportation Safety Board of Canada measures aimed at increasing railway safety – including the creation of a process for increased information sharing with municipalities – are welcome news in West Central Alberta, says Mountain View County de

The visitor friendly community and regional assessment project (VFCRA) conducted by Mountain View County (MVC) and the towns of Olds and Sundre has made recommendations for improvements in all three communities.

Chinook Arch Victims Services Society (CAVSS) in Olds is hosting the Bulls & Bears Hockey Challenge Cup charity hockey game on Nov. 16. The event will be held at the Olds Sportsplex, with doors opening at 3 p.m.

A recent all-council meeting between Mountain View County and the Town of Olds was a productive first step toward hammering out a new cost-sharing plan for services, according to county reeve Bruce Beattie.

The Mountain View County agricultural service board has reviewed its proposed 2015 operational budget and passed a motion to have it forwarded to county council. The motion came during the board's recent regularly scheduled monthly meeting.

Recently-announced plans by the provincial government to spend $70 million to upgrade sprinkler systems in seniors' facilities is welcome news, says Sam Smalldon, CAO of Mountain View Seniors' Housing (MVSH). The new funding was announced on Oct. 29.

The province's fatal vehicle collision statistics have been looking better in recent years, and area police say that, though hard to judge from year to year, their statistics have been generally dropping as well, though the degree varies from place t

Elgin Street in Ottawa with the National War Memorial at its head is a 4,000-kilometre drive from 50th Avenue in Olds, Main Avenue Sundre, 10th Avenue Carstairs, 20th Street Didsbury and 50th Street Innisfail. On Oct.

Mountain View County councillors have passed a motion setting a second public hearing for the proposed development moratorium for parts of the McDougal Flats near the Red Deer River west of Sundre.

Cattle and hog producers in West Central Alberta will need to take a wait-and-see attitude towards another ruling against U.S. country of labeling regulations (COOL), the Mountain View County agricultural service board heard Oct. 20.