Local News

A seasonal scam, that targets seniors and rural residents, is just around the corner and will likely show up in Mountain View County within the next month.

Mountain View County council has refused to make an exception to its ban on low-density country-residential development for applications filed after last November.Rebecca and Stephen Hagglund requested their Dec.

Mountain View County has loaned out its sandbagger unit to the Alberta Emergency Management Agency in preparation for flood response in the southeastern part of the province.

The Red Deer County Intermunicipal Subdivision and Development Appeal Board ruled that they did not have the jurisdiction to hear an appeal from a resident applying for several building permits.

Operational services director Steve McInnis and planning manager Nathan Petherick were among seven Mountain View County employees terminated on March 10 as part of a corporate reorganization, chief administrative officer Tony Martens said.

Human trafficking is a growing problem around the world and here in Canada, a volunteer with the Action Coalition on Human Trafficking Alberta told an audience recently at the Mountain View County office.

An investigation continues into the cause of a fire that ravaged a trailer located on Fallen Timber Road.The residents were not home when the fire started on the evening of March 14, Cremona fire chief John Newbery said.

Central Alberta Slo-Pitch Association could look elsewhere to play ball this season if fees are implemented for use of the Springbrook baseball diamond.The association made repairs to the fields in 2005 in exchange for use of the field.

Council has raised the minimum property tax in Mountain View County from $10 to $50.

Going ahead with an engineering analysis of the earthen berm at Westward Ho could make the county liable for its removal, CAO Tony Martens said last week.