Local News

The chairperson of Red Deer Catholic Regional Schools has composed and recited a prayer for the students and staff killed in the recent Newtown, Conn. school shooting.

Mountain View County councillors have given first reading to Bylaw 22-12 for the establishment of a Mountain View County airport advisory committee to replace the current airport management committee.

For more than 30 years Mountain View County has been protected by a dedicated group of special eyes and ears.

Mountain View County will not be pursuing legal action regarding delays in the completion of the $2.8-million Big Prairie Bridge project, said Deputy Reeve Patricia McKean.

The province's midwives are close to locking down a three-year funding contract with Alberta Health Services (AHS) even as the maternity care providers enjoy their first month under a new professional college, according to the president of the Albert

Mountain View County staff members have met with Alberta Environment and Sustainable Resource Development (AESRD) officials as part of ongoing efforts to mitigate flood dangers on the Red Deer River upstream from Sundre.

Residents in Red Deer and Mountain View counties will be voting according to new constituency boundaries in the next federal election after the Electoral Boundaries Commission for Alberta submitted its report to the House of Commons in early December

Mountain View County councillors have passed a motion expressing concerns with proposed changes being made to provincial legislation governing emergency response and preparedness in the event of oilfield emergencies.

Mountain View County councillors will be examining proposed amendments to the land use bylaw regarding gravel pits in the county.

Limiting the spread of new weeds from the horticulture industry to agricultural lands is one of the priorities the Red Deer Agriculture Service Board will be tackling in 2013, according to chairman Phillip Massier.