Beyond Local

The Mountain View County policies and priorities committee has been given an update on the 2019 Canada Winter Games. The review came during the committee’s recent regularly scheduled meeting in council chambers.

The tight-knit local hockey community is deeply shocked and saddened by the horrific bus-truck crash that killed 15 and injured more than a dozen others in Saskatchewan on Friday night, members have told the Gazette.

The 2018-19 provincial budget released last week has been receiving mixed reviews from stakeholder groups and various elected officials.

Changing the name of the Alberta Association of Municipal Districts and Counties (AAMDC) to Rural Municipalities of Alberta (RMA) will help better reflect the organization’s mission and goals, says Al Kemmere.

Newly-announced provincial funding aimed at fighting crime in rural Alberta is both welcome and much needed, Al Kemmere, a Mountain View County councillor and president of the Alberta Association of Municipal Districts and Counties (AAMDC), told the