Wheatland County News

A Wheatland County native is spending the fall and winter months of this year trekking across the country, all in the name of music.

Gov. Brian Schweitzer and NaturEner USA officials celebrated the completion of the state's largest wind farm south of Ethridge on Wednesday.

When the cold weather strikes, ita s a little more unnerving for some families for whom buying a winter jacket is just outside their budget.

Many concerns about the Calgary Metropolitan Plan have been brought forward by the rural members of the Calgary Regional Partnership .

Rocky View County has rejected the Calgary Metropolitan Plan and has left the Calgary Regional Partnership.

As of Sept. 15, 2009, Wheatland County will no longer be a member of the Calgary Regional Partnership.

A record storm is still causing ripples through Strathmore and area communities and will be for a while figures one local business owner.

The Calgary Regional Partnership says it will press on with plans for the area despite losing three if it's rural members.

The rural municipality south of Calgary has withdrawn from the Calgary Regional Partnership, delivering a solid blow to the alliance's hopes to ratify a sustainable growth blueprint without the provincial government having to interfere.

A recent political cartoon I stumbled upon through the internet brought to mind a serious question, how bad we off are we, really? The cartoon depicted a young child asking their grandmother what it was like to live through the great depression, and how it compares to today.

Recently a few shortfalls in the Standarda s office have been identified. We are hoping readers can lend us a bit of a hand while we work them out.

Wheatland farm owners are struggling through another tough growing season without a lot of rain, but according to insurance claims expected so far this year, Wheatland County is better off than a lot of places.

It was 100 years in the making, and on June 28 a Rosebud family farm flew past the century mark.

In previous cases, when a post master has retired Canada Post has chosen to go to a community mail box system, meaning the post office itself closes in that area.

The Municipal Government Board , Strathmore and Wheatland councilors along with concerned landowners filled some of the many empty chairs during the Strathmore annexation hearing last week.

After four days of hearing all about how important annexation is for the future growth of Strathmore, the Municipal Government Boarda s hearing is over.

There's a new boss in town. Mac deBeaudrap is the new Emergency Services Chief. See Page 2. CTimes photo by Brad Herron That long-realized dream moved to the next level June 15, when deBeaudrap started as the chief of Emergency Services in Cochrane, his ideal job in the perfect location.

Wherever I travel, I'm always keeping my eyes and ears open in search of two of my favorite things - new hiking paths and good dog stories.

An application to rezone land for the proposed East Wheatland school has in fact been made, Golden Hills School Division assured Wheatland County Council at their regular council meeting on June 16.

The Wheatland County Municipal Planning Commission has tabled an application submitted by Muirfield Land Corporation to subdivide one of their lots in the second phase of the Lakes of Muirfield development.