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Mountain View County council has approved a new 10-year mutual aid agreement for fire services with area municipalities. The move came by way of motion at the recent regularly scheduled council meeting.

The former NDP government’s Bighorn Country plan will be scrapped as promised by the newly crowned UCP administration, said Alberta’s new minister of Environment and Parks.

RCMP officers in the region continue to rely on community groups and ordinary citizens to combat rural crime, and in particular property crimes on farms, acreages and industrial sites, says Olds RCMP detachment commander Staff Sgt. Jim MacDonald.

CARSTAIRS -- Emergency crews responded to a train derailment south of Carstairs near the junction of highways 2A and 580. Carstairs Fire Department Chief Jordan Schaffer said that crews were called out at around 2 p.m. on May 6.

DIDSBURY -- The town will not be hiring an outside consultant to do a review of water and wastewater at this time.

DIDSBURY – The three-day Fuel-A-Palooza Motor Fest was another big success with thousands of residents and visitors packing the streets checking out all the classic vehicles.

DIDSBURY -- The three-day Fuel-A-Palooza Motor Fest was another big success with thousands of residents and visitors packing the streets checking out all the classic vehicles.

For the first time since the April 16 provincial election, officials with the Rural Municipalities of Alberta Association (RMA) have met with the new minister of Municipal Affairs.

The total financial assets of Mountain View County increased by almost $2 million in 2018 over the previous year, according to audited financial statements presented to county council.

A man charged after a Bearberry residence was destroyed in a fire more than three years ago has been handed a federal prison sentence.