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A 25-year-old man who pushed a 70-year-old man to the floor during a confrontation in June has been ordered to complete community service hours.The accused pleaded guilty before Judge Peter Barley in Didsbury provincial court on Nov.

Students without means to buy a grad dress or rent a tuxedo can count on Gowns for Grads for help.The organization was started by Karen Grudesky in 2009.

Residential development on ìproductive agricultural landî in Mountain View County will be generally restricted to first parcel out under a draft Municipal Development Plan made public last week.

There are sacred places in Mountain View County.These are ancient burial grounds, buffalo kill sites, and forgotten communities where evidence of existence is measured only by remnants of rock teepee rings.

Property owners in Alberta will have more options open to them if their land is required for major infrastructure projects, and they will have access to full compensation and the courts under recent amendments announced in the Land Assembly Project A

The southwestern part of Mountain View County will soon have improved water and ice rescue capability after the Cremona Fire Department secured $10,000 in funding from county council for equipment purchases.

Once a day, the founder of Tails to Tell Animal Rescue in Crossfield witnesses a kitty stampede.

ìIf this goes through, Netook is dead,î developer Herb Styles said last Wednesday in response to Mountain View County's draft Municipal Development Plan, posted the previous day on the county website.

No major changes are expected for the Red Deer County Municipal Development Plan currently under review, said Cynthia Cvik, director of planning and development services.

The November 2011 general hunting season in the Sundre-Olds district has been more or less typical when it comes to violators and violations, says Fish and Wildlife officer Adam Mirus.ìAre we having good compliance? No,î said Mirus.