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Plans are underway for a Bearspaw Emergency Services facility. Rocky View County council directed staff, Jan.

Parents and students can now see Education Minister Thomas Lukaszukís new 10-point action plan for schools across the province. The plan, released Jan.

t The Aqua 7 Water Commission will be getting $1.785 million from Alberta Transportation and Municipal Affairs.

Alberta Municipal Affairsí (MA) ongoing investigation into the Town of Irricana is nearly finished. The Town received a letter, dated Jan.

Council unanimously approved a subdivision application that enables the construction of a golf course in west Rocky View.

The Town of Irricana has issued a stop order on lots in the Saddle Creek subdivision at the south end of town.

The Redford government got an earful, Jan 11, at the Olds Cow Palace as about 220 participants took part in the fifth of 10 open houses hosted by the Alberta Property Rights Task Force.

American retail giant Target is building an enormous distribution centre in Balzacís High Plains development. The warehouse, one of three planned for Canada, is already under construction and will be completed before the spring of 2013.

Wildrose leader Danielle Smith is returning to the Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills constituency for a special event, Jan. 24. The fundraising event, which will be held in the Fine Arts and Media Centre at Olds College from 6 to 9 p.m.

Councillor Karen Ursu has assumed the position of council representative to the fire department. She brought forward a request for a generator to go on top of the rescue vehicle to provide lights at emergencies.