Local News

With newly formed multi-detachment RCMP units enjoying success in the fight against rural crime, area residents are encouraged to continue to do their part by reporting suspicious activities and persons to police, says Gerald Ingeveld.

A newly released report from the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) highlights the significant contribution rural communities make to the national economy and some of the challenges facing those same communities.

DIDSBURY - Twelve competitors participated in the recent Didsbury Ag Society's fifth annual Antique Tractor Olympics at the society's grounds.

Although it is now law in Alberta, the United Conservative Party (UCP) still has no intention of “engaging” on the Protecting Choice for Women Accessing Health Care Act (Bill 9), says party House leader and area MLA Jason Nixon.

CARSTAIRS - Councillors have approved the 2018 safe grad at the former landfill site west of town. The move came during the recent regularly scheduled council meeting.

Mountain View County council has received public comments regarding proposed amendments to the land use bylaw, including in the area of cannabis production and sale.

INNISFAIL – The Alberta Party is serious about the Innisfail-Sylvan Lake riding.

INNISFAIL – The Alberta Party has chosen its candidate for the anticipated byelection in the riding of Innisfail-Sylvan Lake later this year. Abigail Douglass, 23, was selected by the party in a nomination meeting on May 23 in Sylvan Lake.

DIDSBURY - The Didsbury Opera House has been restored -- at least in miniature form. Resident Kevin Bentley has built a replica of the opera house, which operated in town in the early 1900s.

Mountain View County council has approved funding allocations for a number of local organizations under the municipality’s health-care support grant program. The move came during the recent regularly scheduled council meeting.