Local News

Innisfail resident Craig Bedard is riding his Harley this winter, but it's not the 1999 Road King he bought last summer.Bedard is one of 20 contestants in the Live With A Gasoline Alley Harley Davidson contest, which launched on Feb. 18.

Approval of a requested speed limit and access point approaching the German Canadian Club community facility was deferred last week with Red Deer County council asking for more information.

Preliminary budgets for both the Chinook's Edge School Division and Red Deer Regional Catholic Schools are currently in the works and expected to be put before trustees in May and June respectively.

The winter of 2012 has not been kind to snow-savvy sports and activities throughout the region.

The Canadian Hereford Association has chosen the Olds Ag Society facilities to host some of the World Hereford Conference events this July.

The province will create an independent property rights advocate office to deal with landowner compensation and other issues, Environment and Water Minister Diana McQueen announced last week.

Acreage owners with large tree stands or looking to have large tree stands should keep in mind a couple of key dates in March.

The minimum size for agricultural parcels and whether subdivision should be allowed beyond first parcel out were two issues that revealed a sharp divide among Mountain View County residents after the draft MDP was unveiled last fall, planning consult

After being petitioned by board members of the Red Deer River Watershed Alliance to renew membership in the provincial advisory group, Mountain View County council agreed last week to the request ñ but with two strings attached.

A new community centre for Springbrook is looking less likely after a feasibility study was conducted on the project.An open house was held in Springbrook on Jan.