News

One of three men charged in connection with a theft on a Tees-area farm last spring have been sentenced.

Homeless, needy and unemployed people in Stettler have become a growing concern for Stettler and District Family and Community Support Services, which expects the problem could get worse with the cold winter weather and continued economic crisis.

Passionate to keep local rural schools open, parents and residents called for more funding, more student opportunities and more support from the community and Clearview School Division according to comments released by the public school authority following last month’s community consultations.

Plans to expand and upgrade the electricity system in the Stettler and east-central region were presented during an information session Dec. 2 at Stettler Recreation Center.

Alberta’s new centre-right political force, Wildrose Alliance is to have its first meeting of its Drumheller - Stettler constituency association at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 12 at the Stettler Agriplex with the party’s only MLA Paul Hinman as the guest speaker.

Over $400,000 has been granted to several local social services programs from Stettler and District Family and Community Support Services for 2010.

Stettler’s biogas project appears to have come to a halt due to the economic crisis which has gripped the industrial nations for more than a year.

Future funding for schools from the provincial government – and any possible cuts – will remain a mystery until next spring as Clearview School Division officials –and their colleagues –await the provincial budget for 2010.

Another hotel has been proposed for Stettler with a plan to develop on land on Highway 56 just south of the railway crossing west of Lakeview Cemetery.

Christmas spirits were up and fundraising was down at the 12th annual Festival of Lights at Stettler Community Hall from Nov. 24 to 28.