Local News

The Midway Community Association is eyeing the acquisition of land where the vacated Midway School presently sits.Midway School closed just over one year ago in a decision made by Chinook's Edge School Division following a viability study.

It could be at least a couple of weeks before it is known if anyone from West Central Alberta will sit on a new provincial council being established to report on the health and well-being of children in care in the province.

Firefighters from Didsbury, Carstairs and Olds fight a fire at a mobile home south of the intersection of Hwy. 582 and Hwy. 791 during the early afternoon last Friday. The home was completely destroyed by the blaze, with high winds contributing to the spread of the fire.

Emotions came perilously close to the breaking point at an Alberta Municipal Government Board (MGB) hearing last week as warring sides into the controversial Elsner subdivision development case steadfastly stood their grounds on the contentious storm

Veteran Mountain View County councillor and former reeve Al Kemmere took the big plunge last week, announcing his candidacy for the Progressive Conservative nomination in Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills.

More than 1,100 people took in the Didsbury Fair and Rodeo last weekend, and the Didsbury Ag Society members are thrilled with the turnout for the event.ìThe weather was absolutely beautiful.

Mountain View County council has directed administration to prepare flood protection options for the Red Deer River west of Sundre and present them at next week's council meeting.

Health-care providers have a number of tried and proven ways to treat the depression that sometimes comes with trying to quit smoking, says Sundre physician Dr. Hal Irvine.

Plans by Central Alberta Co-op to build a new fertilizer plant outside of Innisfail have ground to a halt due to a dispute with Red Deer County over road improvement costs.

Fish and Wildlife officers are asking for public tips after two male mule deer were shot and left west of Sundre.