Acreage Community News

Families can sign up their kids for sports and summer camps, while adults find a new hobby at the Spring Energizer Night taking place on March 28 from 6:30 pm till 8:30 pm in the Chestermere Rec Centre MPP Room.

Assistant Principal of Elbow Valley Elementary School hopes French Culture Week brought students together last week to learn and highlight French language and culture in Canada.

RVC council is taking their policy on how to spend the $10 million received in compensation for SR1 back to the drawing board, while Springbank Community Association has yet to provide input.

For Springbank ski jumper Abigail Strate, it’s only just recently sunk in that she’s an Olympic medalist.

The Springbank Community Association (SCA) is offering local-area residents a chance to view the night sky in all its splendor with the aid of some high-tech telescopes, binoculars, and a smart phone app during four come-and-go sessions to be held next month.

Wine – and glory – will be up for grabs at the 28th annual Winespiel, a curling competition hosted at the Springbank Park for All Seasons from March 4 to 6.

After crawling out of his burrow at the Blue Grass Ltd. Nursery, Sod & Garden Centre, east of Highway 2, local groundhog/weather forecaster Balzac Billy looked around and spotted his shadow, indicating six more weeks of winter.

The Indus Country Kitchen has come up with a unique way to use up their leftovers, keep the local recreation centre thriving, and warm hearts and bellies filled with some good old-fashioned country cooking during the COVID-19 pandemic.

In another year of showing off his season-predicting talents virtually, local groundhog celebrity Balzac Billy is ready to make his annual appearance on Feb. 2 at the Blue Grass Ltd. Nursery, Sod and Garden Centre in Balzac.

A proposed telecommunication tower in Springbank was rejected by Rocky View County (RVC) councillors last month, but that doesn’t necessarily mean the project is dead in the water.