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Bob Clark's father Curtis got his back into his living.

The Prentice government's latest plan to address a shortage of continuing care beds in the province doesn't go far enough, says Innisfail-Sylvan Lake Wildrose MLA Kerry Towle.

With the winter driving season just around the corner, the Chinook's Edge School Division is looking for more school bus drivers, says director of transportation Dieter Brandt.

Mountain View County council has approved funding for several area groups under the municipality's health initiatives program. The approvals came during the recent regularly scheduled council meeting.

Mountain View County reeve Bruce Beattie says he expects that more information will be available for consideration when county council revisits a proposed development moratorium for an area of McDougal Flats on Nov. 12.

Mountain View County council continued 2015 budget deliberations at a meeting on Oct. 6, with the county's re-gravelling and chip seal programs on the agenda.

Despite recent calls from the Alberta Liberal education critic Kent Hehr for the government to mandate accommodation for gay-straight alliances in the province's schools, Chinook's Edge School Division (CESD) officials say there is no need for such a

Central Alberta is the farthest behind when it comes to this year's harvest, according to the Alberta Crop Report. The report, issued at the end of September, says only 58 per cent of the crop had been harvested in Central Alberta.

Mountain View County producers are going to take a hit in the wallet this year, according to Kent Clifford, inputs manager at the Richardson Pioneer terminal just outside Olds.

Hunters are being encouraged to help out Mountain View food bank clients this hunting season through the Alberta Hunters Who Care Wild Game Foodbank Donation program.