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Mountain View County will apply with the MD of Bighorn for a provincial resource road grant to repave Burnt Timber Road, council's policies and priorities committee voted last week.

The federal standing committee on Agriculture and Agrifood toured Olds last week as part of an examination of the bio-tech industry and the benefits to agriculture.

With most bears spending their time hibernating at this time of year, human-bear encounters in West Central Alberta are rare during the late winter and early spring season.

Four gun ranges are among a handful of properties in Mountain View County that will have to apply at least every three years to maintain their tax-exempt status under a new policy approved last week by council's policies and priorities committee.

The new Mount View Lodge in Olds is on schedule to meet its targeted completion date at the end of the month, the seniors' housing authority's interim CAO said last week.

The Plasco meeting scheduled for Jan. 28 at the Red Deer County office was cancelled as the Central Waste Management Commission waits on a decision from the federal government regarding funding for the proposed garbage gasification plant.

The average property tax bill in Mountain View County will see no increase or decrease under the 2011 budget recommended for council approval by its policies and priorities committee.Councillors voted unanimously on Jan.

It was a small budget item ñ a $20,000 contribution for playground equipment at Carstairs Elementary School ñ but administration recommended taking it out and councillors feared it would set a costly precedent.Coun.

Municipal governments can and should try to do their part in promoting heart health for their residents, says Sundre Mayor Annette Clews.

Mountain View County council is asking the region's seniors' housing authority to provide member municipalities with a report detailing what went wrong with the Mount View Lodge project in Olds.In a motion passed on Jan.