Local News

In one of their most strongly worded public statements to date, the developers of Netook Crossing last week warned residents of Mountain View County that the opportunity for Netook at Highway 2/27 will be lost if the new Municipal Development Plan is

Mountain View County council will be asked this week to consider a more-than-fivefold increase in its funding to STARS Air Ambulance.The increased amount of $24,718 is based on the county's population and calculated at a rate of $2 per capita.

The addition of two more storeys on the fire training centre in Olds plus additional apparatus will benefit not only area fire departments but other organizations as well.

The regional Fish and Wildlife office received a report last week that three coyotes had been sighted within the south-central end of the Olds town limits.

A man charged after seven people were attacked during a Didsbury home invasion in November 2010 has been ordered to stand trial.

Mountain View County's tree removal policy is “clearly inconsistent” with its stated top strategic goal for the environment, says a longtime resident of the Stirlingville area.

Area firefighters battled strong northerly winds last week, while fighting a structure fire north of Carstairs.On May 23, nearly 15 firefighters from Carstairs and Didsbury responded to a call that came in around 5 p.m.

Hampered during its last budget process by a lack of long-term planning, Mountain View County council has set 15 strategic goals in six key areas.

The Netook Crossing developers' fiscal impact analysis is flawed by unrealistic assumptions, Mountain View County's director of corporate services reported to council's policies and priorities committee last week.

Red Deer County council found itself in a deadlock last week when voting on amendments to a camping bylaw that would legalize campsites on private farmland.The group, missing Div. 6 Coun.