Local News

Seniors' housing chair defends 15 per cent hike in requisition to Town of Olds

Mountain View Senior's Housing says decreasing revenue due to lodge vacancies as a result of COVID and increasing inflationary pressures, means it has to increase what municipalities pay

Nov 24, 2022 5:00 PM Read more >

Commission approves new use for historic school in Mountain View County

School first opened in 1905 in Mountain View County is slated to be used as a dwelling

Nov 24, 2022 3:00 PM Read more >

Wildlife park in Innisfail has half a million glowing lights

Ambitious Light the Night project officially opens in Innisfail with a goal to become a must-see winter-time attraction in central Alberta and beyond

Nov 24, 2022 12:00 PM Read more >

Silent auction an opportunity to find Christmas gifts and support Sundre library

Sundre Municipal Library silent auction, which had not been held for two years because of the pandemic wraps up Nov. 25

Nov 24, 2022 9:00 AM Read more >

Mountain View County council meeting videos to be kept for four years

Video recording of Mountain View County council meetings set to begin in coming weeks

Nov 24, 2022 6:00 AM Read more >

Sundre condo's back alley safety concerns unresolved

Sundre apartment complex delegation suggests “ticket blitz” to enforce one-way lane

Nov 23, 2022 5:00 PM Read more >

Fracking waterlines will require Mountain View County resident notification

Mountain View County's new road use agreements will now apply to above-ground waterlines in road allowances for oilfield operations

Nov 23, 2022 3:00 PM Read more >

Alberta’s policing future dominates Innisfail forum

Provincial officials and National Police Federation do not participate but Innisfail’s mayor briefs dozens of Innisfailians on council’s support of RCMP and rejection of proposed Alberta provincial police service

Nov 23, 2022 12:00 PM Read more >

Hospice society's Tree of Remembrance ceremony in Olds draws overflow crowd

The gazebo in Centennial Park in Olds was jammed with people, many of whom spilled out onto the sidewalk as they participated in the annual Olds & District Hospice Society’s Tree of Remembrance ceremony

Nov 23, 2022 9:00 AM Read more >

Carstairs council votes against proposed library budget

Council has concerns about how Parkland Regional Library System requisition determined

Nov 23, 2022 6:00 AM Read more >