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During a visit to Sundre last week, Wildrose Party Leader Danielle Smith said the election of a second female party leader in Alberta levels the playing field.

He has been compared to Michael Heiden, B.C.'s master mandolin creator.American bluegrass superstar Rhonda Lea Vincent sings his praises, even making supreme efforts to borrow his creations when she is in Alberta.

Having Cremona/Water Valley named the ìPinkest Little Town in the Westî was ìthe pink icing on the cakeî for organizer Peggy Good.

Mountain View County councillors last week rejected a set of major fixes proposed by a consulting engineer to address frequent washouts on Rge. Rd. 52 north of Water Valley.

Mountain View County has scheduled a fresh round of public open houses to unveil the first draft version of a revised Municipal Development Plan.The open house dates are set for Tuesday, Nov. 29 at the Sundre Legion; Thursday, Dec.

Students in both Chinook's Edge School Division and Red Deer Catholic Regional Schools fared well against their provincial counterparts in provincial achievement tests and diploma exams written in June.

The province has announced a new mapping tool to help municipalities and Albertans better understand the quality and quantity of underground water resources.

Mountain View County's policies and priorities committee has endorsed a plan to reduce the speed limit from 80 km/h to 60 km/h near the intersections of Twp. Rd. 340 and range roads 43 and 44 to address concerns from some residents of the area.

Local growing operations have stepped up to the plate, or have continued a tradition of helping to resolve hunger and other issues plaguing Third World countries across the globe.

The increase of doctors in Kneehill County from two to nine in the last year and a half hasn't gone without notice.Reeve Bob Long said more people are choosing to visit local doctors since numbers have stabilized.