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For most people, life can seem pretty normal until you – or a loved one - get struck with a debilitating disease.

Future plans to upgrade Stettler Recreation Centre will be explored by a committee focus group that has been established by the Town of Stettler.

Concerns regarding the redrawing of election boundaries, shared by the town and county of Stettler, are becoming increasingly common among other stakeholders as well while the idea of including Paintearth county in the current riding keeps gathering all around support.

On May 1, at around 3 a.m., police stopped a driver along 50A Avenue in Stettler. A 20-year-old local resident was arrested for impaired driving, returned to the detachment for breath tests and later released.

To fight crime and illegal use of drugs such as marijuana, cocaine and alcohol, local residents were urged to build positive relationships between residents and police as Stettler RCMP hosted an information forum April 28.

Stettler family day-home operator Lorna Orlick was one of 10 childcare professionals honoured with the 2010 Alberta Childcare Professional Awards of Excellence under the Ministry of Children and Youth Services.

Wildrose Alliance leader Danielle Smith recently gave an interview to the Independent focusing on her party’s policies and priorities.

Nothing focuses attention better on just how high taxes are in Canada than the annual tax-filing deadline. This year, while Canadians are filing their taxes, they must also suffer through growing calls to hike taxes even further.

A new playground in the Town of Stettler will be going up later this summer in a park on the east side of town in partnership with Stettler Kinsmen Club.