Local News

Mountain View County's Agricultural Services Board has approved a number of riparian enhancement projects.

Mountain View County's Subdivision and Development Appeal Board has rejected an appeal by a company that has proposed opening a gravel pit west of Sundre, say officials.

The Alberta Surface Rights Group (ASRG) has renewed its call for the Redford government to release a long-awaited pipeline technical safety report.

Candidates in the next municipal election will be paying a higher nominee cash deposit than in past campaigns following a decision by Mountain View County councillors.

After it defied a government order asking it to consider not approving $3.2 million in bonuses to Alberta Health Services (AHS) executives, provincial Health Minister Fred Horne terminated the 10-member AHS board.

Local hospitals in the Central Zone of Alberta Health Services may not see any immediate or specific actions taken as a result of AHS's recently released Health Plan and Business Plan, which will govern the organization's decisions for the next three

Rural Alberta Motorcycle Ride For Dad organizers are hoping for good weather June 22 for the group's fifth anniversary event that will make stops in Olds and Didsbury.

The Olds-Didsbury Flying Association (ODFA) and the Sundre Flying Club (SFC) have agreed to enter into negotiations with Mountain View County to come up with contracts that would see the groups manage and operate county-owned airports.

A Mountain View County subdivision and development appeal board hearing is scheduled to reconvene this week to further consider an appeal regarding a proposed Sundre gravel pit operation.

Non-profit housing organization Mountain View Seniors' Housing will not be receiving the government grant it applied for earlier this year to build a new 103-unit seniors' facility in Sundre, officials say.