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With cold winter weather about to set in, the Red Deer-based Central Alberta Safe Harbour Society for Health and Housing is reminding people in need across the region that services and supports are available for the asking.

The Alberta Farm Safety Centre has once again requested that Mountain View County's Ag Service Board contribute funding to its UFA Safety Smarts program, which offers free farm safety training to rural elementary-aged (K-6) students throughout the pr

Mountain View County has completed the critical first phase of the four-kilometre berm designed to stop overland flooding from a new channel of the Red Deer River upstream of Sundre.Prentice Creek Contracting carried out the work between Oct.

Mountain View County administration will report back to council on the cost of building a 40-tonne replacement bridge for Big Prairie Road instead of a planned 80-tonne structure.

A 28-year-old man who sexually assaulted a female acquaintance in Olds two years ago has been handed a federal prison sentence.

A violent alcohol-fuelled domestic argument that allegedly escalated into threats of murder-suicide has resulted in a rural man facing 16 Criminal Code charges.Didsbury RCMP were dispatched at 9:45 p.m.

Mountain View County fought it at every turn ñ but in the end the Elsner subdivision has been granted approval by a higher authority.In an Oct.

Lucy and Lou made their first appearance at Olds College last week.They are a lifelike cow and calf simulator, created by Veterinary Simulator Industries and the University of Calgary, and donated to Olds College by UFA.

A Carstairs-area professional cowboy who competed in calf-roping events was recently inducted into the Canadian Professional Rodeo Hall of Fame.

Red Deer County is dropping the required deposits for reclamation of gravel pit operations. Council agreed unanimously to stop the practice, which echoed requirements from Alberta Environment.