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An oversight that removed about a dozen birdhouses along Rge. Rd. 271 near Aberdeen in Red Deer County has resulted in a long-term project that has brought birds back to the area.

The final results of the feasibility study for a community centre in Springbrook were presented to Red Deer County council recently, with recommendations suggesting that “it is not prudent to proceed at this time.

Another piece of land in Mountain View County has been spot zoned for a commercial storage operation, leading some councillors to question whether the county's land use bylaw has made adequate provisions for these types of uses.

With the grad season fast approaching, Gowns for Grads coordinators Karen Grudesky and Kristin Allan have so far provided about a dozen gowns to students in need of financial assistance, as well as selling gowns at reduced prices to students that wan

After more than a year of development, the draft Mountain View County Municipal Development Plan is nearing the stage where council could consider first reading, says the county's interim planning director.

The federal government will axe a shelterbelt program which has provided trees to farmers in Western Canada, including Red Deer and Mountain View counties for more than a century.

A man charged with aggravated assault, assault with a weapon and possession of a weapon after another man was slashed and wounded on a rural property outside Sundre has elected to be tried by Queen's Bench judge and jury.

For the first time in 15 years, the provincial Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills constituency will be represented by a member of the legislative assembly from a party other than the Progressive Conservative Party.

A young girl has reportedly died after falling through ice on a rural property southwest of Red Deer.The incident occurred on April 6 in Red Deer County. The sisters, 3 and 5, were discovered by family members.

A Didsbury man charged after another man told police he had been struck in the head with a candle holder in early 2009 has been found not guilty.The accused faced one charge of assault.