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The ìhysteriaî surrounding the controversial new impaired driving legislation is ìunnecessary,î said Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills Progressive Conservative candidate Darcy Davis.

The trial is underway for a 31-year-old man charged after his then-girlfriend was allegedly choked on an industrial shop floor in Sundre early in 2009.The accused faces charges of choking with intent and three counts of assault.

Mountain View County council agreed last week to cancel a $670 tax penalty for Western Baptist Church after the tax-exempt status for the church's campground property was restored.

Updating the Memorandum of Agreement with each of the urban municipalities within its boundaries tops the current list of council priorities for Mountain View County.

A recent accident on Sylvan Lake where a man and woman riding an off-road vehicle fell through the ice highlights the need for anyone considering running quads, snowmobiles and other vehicles on area lakes to exercise caution throughout the winter mo

Members of the Burnt Lake Community Association are the first to jump on Red Deer County's new historical marker policy.

The Medicine River Wildlife Centre is looking for up to four volunteers to help guide its affairs for the next two years.

For any able-bodied citizen attempting to sneak into a handicapped parking space in Red Deer County, it will soon be time to think twice.

Waste collection fees in Mountain View County will go up by between five and seven per cent on March 1 under the new Solid Waste Collection Bylaw passed by council last week.

West Central Alberta health-care workers are being surveyed as part of a research project looking into rural sexual assault medical care and what might be done to make the treatment of victims and the collection of evidence more effective and less tr