Kneehill County Council committed to take the next steps to assist the Town of Trochu in the borrowing of $20 million for their proposed Senior’s Living Complex to be constructed within the Town of Trochu.

“The Town of Trochu and the Trochu Housing Corporation are thrilled with the motion that passed at today’s Kneehill County meeting,” said Barry Kletke, Mayor of Trochu. “We are excited to see the establishment of this partnership and for the amazing benefits it w

Prairie Aviation Training Centre (PATC) received a brand new Citabria Taildragger on Friday, January 29, 2021, to be used to train their aviation students. The plane was funded by generous donations through Mission Aviation Fellowship Canada. MAFC and Prairie have been in formal partnership since May 2018. When PATC notified MAFC of their need for another aircraft, MAFC put a word out to their donors who responded generously and enabled this aircraft to be purchased by MAFC specifically for use

Additional health measures will be eased for restaurants, indoor fitness and some children’s activities, effective Feb. 8.

Step 1 of Alberta’s four-step framework to ease restrictions is based on a COVID-19 hospitalization benchmark of 600, including intensive care patients. This benchmark was reached on Jan. 28.

“Albertans have done a great job of bringing our numbers down from our peak in December. We aren’t out of the woods yet, but there are opportunities where we ca

Kneehill County held a regular meeting of council on Tuesday Jan. 26, 2021, which was called to order at 8:30 a.m. by Reeve Jerry Wittstock.

The First item on the Councils agenda was item 3.1, Delegation of Trochu Housing Corporation, presented by Sam Smalldon.

The town of Trochu is requesting a letter of support and a backing for up to $20 million for up to five years to be able to construct the project of the Trochu Senior Housing, to replace the St. Mary’s centre in Trochu.

The $20 mil