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DIDSBURY -- Commercial and industrial property owners will be getting a municipal tax break this year while rates for residential property owners are increasing. The 2019 Tax Rate Bylaw was approved by council during the May 14 regular meeting.

A twice-weekly health program being held at Olds’ Community Learning Campus (CLC) is proving to be beneficial in many ways, say participants.

CARSTAIRS -- Council approved a motion to pass the 2019 budget and set the mill rate for the town. The general municipal mill rate will be 6.500, which is down from last year's 6.900.

CARSTAIRS -- The development permit application for a proposed $11-million motorsports facility east of Carstairs is scheduled to come before Mountain View County council on May 22 for consideration.

Mountain View County council has approved the Olds-Didsbury Flying Association’s 2019 budget. The move came by way of motion at the recent regularly scheduled council meeting.

The ending of operations by Trident Exploration Corporation and Trident Limited Partnership will have a "significant" impact on Mountain View County’s (MVC) tax revenues, council heard during last week's regularly scheduled meeting.

With outdoor activities ramping up at this time of year, residents and visitors alike are being advised to take steps to ensure they are not impacted by tick-borne illnesses such as Lyme disease. May is Lyme Disease Awareness Month in Canada.

Area landowners are being offered a chance to take part in a grizzly bear study now underway in the region, says Mountain View BearSmart Society (MVBS).

The provincial and federal governments should act now to address vaping by young people and the negative impacts associated with the practice, according to area school board trustees.

CARSTAIRS-DIDSBURY - A number of firefighters from both Carstairs and Didsbury fire departments did very well at the recent Firefighter Stairclimb Challenge at the Bow tower in Calgary.