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Didsbury fire Chief Craig Martin has left the department effective immediately, he said Monday. He has been the chief in Didsbury for the past three years. “I have not renewed my contract,” said Martin.

The Mountain View County municipal planning commission has approved a development permit for an industrial storage and warehousing facility in the Wessex neighbourhood. The approval came during the commission’s recent regularly scheduled meeting.

DIDSBURY - The Didsbury Lions Club members and their Westglen School helpers will be hitting the streets of Didsbury on Thursday evening, Sept. 27 from 5 to 8 p.m. collecting food for the Mountain View Food Bank.

The Chinook’s Edge School Division is committed to protecting students and staff from the dangers of tobacco use, and to encouraging smoking cessation across the education community, says superintendent Kurt Sacher.

DIDSBURY - Didsbury RCMP Staff Sgt. Chad Fournier gave the quarterly report for the department to Didsbury council at its recent meeting. He recapped the statistics for the department from January to June of this year.

About 40 people attended a noon-hour rally in Olds on Sept. 20 in support of the local and national dairy industry. Elmira, Ont.

Producers in the region are in need of a stretch of dry weather to get the harvest back on track, says Grant Lastiwka, with Alberta Agriculture in Olds.

WATER VALLEY - The 38th Annual Terry Fox Run in Water Valley was held despite temperatures being cooler than in other years.

Hundreds of Ride To Conquer Cancer cyclists are once again expected in Sundre, this time for a celebration to conclude this year’s fundraising event. The route for the 10th annual, 200-kilometre cycling fundraiser on Aug.

The Mountain View County policies and priorities committee has been given an update on this summer’s weed inspection program in the municipality.