Wheel's West

Winning several red ribbons in a friendly farming competition keeps a Calgary area acreage owner coming back to the Bar U Ranch for more. He just brings a new team of horses.

What was once a vital mode of transportation is now a conversation piece in some living rooms.

The provincial and federal governments are boosting transit services in Black Diamond and Turner Valley with $700,000 to offset costs of parking and adding more transport options if the commuter transit service continues beyond its two-year pilot pro

Work has begun later than expected on an interpretive trail on the west-facing ridge of the Sheep River in Turner Valley.

An 11-year-old sheltie named Kitty Cat has the knack for melting hearts at the Oilfields General Hospital.

Black Diamond’s newest recreation attraction is gaining momentum as residents and visitors alike test their cycling prowess on a new bike course beside the arena.

Turner Valley RCMP’s new staff sergeant had his eye on the community since joining the force. Eleven years later, he’s finally calling it home. Dwayne Helgeson became Turner Valley’s staff sergeant Aug. 15 and is finding it was the worth wait.

Turner Valley’s mayor has spent a few years at the head of the table, but she’s not ready to pass the gavel.

The mayor’s seat in Black Diamond will be up for grabs in October. Mayor Glen Fagan announced he won’t run in this fall’s municipal election following a year in the seat. Fagan was elected to council in a byelection in August 2016.

The kindness of strangers is feeding livestock that would have otherwise gone hungry in a remote B.C. community hit twice by wildfire.