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By Dan Singleton MVP Staff Mountain View County councillors have instructed administration to move forward with an application for provincial flood mitigation funding.

One of the claims made in the Alberta government's new wetland policy is that it will, for the first time, cover all types of wetlands in the province. Unveiled to the public on Sept.

Techmation Electric and Controls will be opening an office in the Netook Business Park sometime in 2014, with construction expected sometime after December.

The Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) has reported that operating expenses of the majority of Alberta's municipalities have been rising at an “unsustainable” rate over the past 11 years.

With harvest in full swing across the region, families, friends and neighbours are once again out in the fields trying their best to get the crops in for another year.

Mountain View County councillors have approved the donation of $11,000 worth of crushed gravel to Camp Kindle west of Water Valley.

For years there has been one Innisfailian who has quietly and humbly made sure no schoolchild in town or from the rural areas should go hungry, struggle with the cold or miss out on a field trip with friends.

The Garrington Bridge over the Red Deer River north of Sundre has reopened to vehicle traffic, 12 weeks after being heavily damaged by flooding.

About 2,500 students in Mountain View and Red Deer counties took part in a safety program that provides tips about keeping out of harm's way on farms and ranches, members of the Mountain View agricultural service board (ASB) members heard last week.

The Chinook's Edge School Division is letting its schools participate in an Innisfail initiative that is asking students to wear orange on Sept.