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Reeve Bruce Beattie will represent Mountain View County on Sundre's health professionals attraction committee, council agreed earlier this month following a presentation by committee members.

A July 4 decision from the Alberta Utilities Commission (AUC) denied an application from the Central Alberta Rural Electrification Association (CAREA) that sought a declaration it is the primary electricity distribution service provider within its se

The 107th Dogpound rodeo drew about 750 viewers to the grounds July 18, estimates Patricia McKean, secretary for the Dogpound Agriculture Society.“We had a larger entry than we've seen in the last five years,” McKean said of the 202 listed entries.

For more than a century, taming the land and raising the finest purebred Hereford cattle have been in the blood and soul of David and Phyllis Bricker.Originally from Chestermere, their farm operation moved to Mountain View County in 1976.

A proposal by former reeve Al Kemmere to post Mountain View County councillors' approved monthly expense claims on the county website met with strong support at the July 11 policies and priorities committee meeting.

Alberta Energy Minister Ken Hughes announced a pipeline safety review during a press conference held last Friday.

There was nothing premature about Mountain View County council adopting the new Municipal Development Plan almost a month earlier than previously announced, Reeve Bruce Beattie said Thursday.

After four years of planning, Mountain View Seniors' Housing (MVSH) has officially unveiled its Life Lease program at Olds' Mount View Lodge, the 77-unit facility that was opened last year at a cost $21.3 million.

Mountain View County should press Ottawa for funding to complete an earthen berm system for the northern channel of the Red Deer River upstream of Sundre, a provincial cabinet minister advised county officials recently.

Four “economic growth nodes” along Highway 2 have replaced the proposed commercial-industrial corridor in Mountain View County's newly minted Municipal Development Plan.