Mountain View Albertan

For a truly regional perspective on the news and happenings in a very specific 3,782.64-square-kilometre area of Alberta, readers turn to the Mountain View Albertan. This regional newspaper serves an area comprised of Mountain View County, the urban municipalities within it including Cremona, Carstairs, Didsbury and Olds, we well as Bowden, Torrington and Wimborne.

Mountain View County is largely an agricultural-based rural municipality with significant oil, gas and forestry industries operating within it. The Mountain View Albertan is the only newspaper giving such broad coverage of the events, people and municipal politics shaping the development of the region and the attitudes of the county’s 13,074 residents.

The Mountain View Albertan’s editorial content mirrors the communities it serves so you will find regular updates on agriculture issues and features on our local farms and producers. Olds (population 9,184), Carstairs (population 4,077), Didsbury (population 5,268), and Cremona (population 444) are urban centres located within Mountain View County that act as service centres for the rural area.

Find coverage of high school and community sports as well as the decisions being made by each of the communities’ municipal councils in the Mountain View Albertan. It also features articles about community movers and shakers and little-known organizations that have far-reaching impacts on their communities and beyond.

The Mountain View Albertan is also included as second section in the Sundre Round Up, extending its reach into homes and businesses in the Sundre area and beyond.