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More than 100 residents and officials attended a Feb. 4 open house at the Cremona community centre to discuss a medical marijuana growing facility being proposed for the area.

Alberta Health Services (AHS) officials have given Mountain View County's policies and priorities committee an update on ambulance services in the region and plans to continuing working with area fire departments.

Beef producers across the province are being asked to fill out a survey over the next month to determine how wildlife affects their ranching operations.

A Mountain View County woman convicted in November of manslaughter in the Dec. 2010 shooting death of her 68-year-old husband has been released on $25,000 bail pending appeal.

Last month teacher Brenda Turner wanted her Grade 1 class at Didsbury's Ross Ford Elementary School to understand the basics of the importance of building a community.

The number of real estate sales in Red Deer and Mountain View counties documented on the online Multiple Listing Service (MLS) jumped from 232 in 2012 to 354 last year.

As a controversial free-roaming horse cull continues west of Sundre ñ with proponents and opponents remaining deeply divided over whether the animals should be captured or left free ñ Wildrose MLA Joe Anglin has jumped into the debate.

Mountain View County councillors have been given a review of the $12.3-million Acme Road upgrade project. During the regularly scheduled Jan.

No religious liturgy anywhere in the world is as hauntingly ethereal and profound as the Catholic funeral mass. In music and words the mass expresses unshakeable faith in the love of God and the joy of a life of faith and commitment.

Otis the great horned owl, Medicine River Wildlife Centre mascot and spokesowl for wildlife preservation, is once again a published author.