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MPs from the region say the federal budget implementation bill that's been criticized for affecting so many other federal acts contains those statutes to ensure the budget works.

Mountain View County council will wait for the green light from its urban partners before proceeding to the final stages of adopting a new Municipal Development Plan, Reeve Bruce Beattie said Wednesday.

ArtWalk 2012 is now underway, with 24 locations showing off the works of 23 artists.This year, Olds, Didsbury, Sundre and Carstairs are participating, with Innisfail deciding not to participate due to major construction going on in the downtown core.

Mountain View County council's proposed doubling of the minimum agricultural parcel size from 20 to 40 acres is a step in the wrong direction, said a former deputy reeve who now acts as a private agent for subdivision and rezoning applicants.

An indoor shooting range is coming to Red Deer County's McKenzie Industrial Business Park.The municipal planning commission approved the development permit during the July 3 meeting.

Five high school graduates from across Mountain View County were honoured last week for outstanding citizenship.

More than 300 youths from across Canada are attending Summer Synergy in Olds at the Olds Agricultural Society grounds.

The Century Farm Award was presented last week in Mountain View County to the Bennett family who live on the NW and SW 23-29-28-W4 in Division 1.

The formation of a primary care network (PCN) for the Olds-Sundre area is coming along nicely, with services likely to start flowing to patients sometime this fall, say officials.

Chairs and superintendents of Central Alberta school boards met with Jeff Johnson, the new minister of education, on June 19 in Red Deer to discuss various issues, including the erosion of funding for inclusive education.