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Red Deer County non-profits have a few weeks left to apply for funding from the region's Family and Community Support Services or wait another three years before the opportunity arises again under a new model aimed to help groups better plan for the

In 1944, when Nick Nicholson decided he was going to work instead of go back to school, he spent the summer on a neighbour's farm and earned himself a plow to help start his own farming career.

Mountain View County council has started the process to have railway crossing lights installed on Twp. Rd. 324 south of Olds.

Red Deer Catholic Schools recently approved a recommendation to allow students in Grade 6 and higher to use personal wireless devices at school through the division's wireless network.

Red Deer County council has hired Border Paving for a three-year contract to provide maintenance and new construction for the county's local roads.Border Paving will receive $4,554,600 for their work between 2011 and 2013.

The provincial government's property rights task force will be coming to Olds on Wednesday, Jan. 11 at the Cow Palace, its only stop in Mountain View County.