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LeBlanc is a PhD student at the University of Calgary and managing editor at The Filling Station, a literary and arts magazine that publishes innovative poetry, fiction, and non-fiction.

Every month, staff at the Airdrie Public Library send the Airdrie City View a short synopses of some of the books in their collection. Here is the latest submission, including both fiction and non-fiction reads for adults this fall.

In each edition of A View to the Past, I aim to give readers additional insight into some of their most beloved Airdrie landmarks. Previous editions of the monthly history column have examined the origins of the Nose Creek Bridge to the Elevators, Airdrie's Water Tower, and the Gwacheon Park totem poles.

A local artist has helped transform a 20-foot by nine-foot construction trailer into a colourful mural that portrays Canada’s landscape from coast to coast in honour of seniors at an Airdrie retirement home.

An Airdrie woman is raising funds to help a long-time friend, whose young daughter is suffering from leukemia.

As the first day of fall drops on us like the leaves parachuting from the trees in our prairie-based city, it’s a good time to think of the books you might want to snuggle up with over the coming months. But what if you have difficulty reading print due to visual, physical, or learning disabilities? Well, APL offers some very cool services for people with vision disabilities.

A debut novelist from Airdrie has utilized her primary research skills to craft a story that combines fictional characters with historical Second World War accuracy.

Airdrie Agricultural Society's Art of the Harvest, Olde Tyme Harvest Demonstration, went ahead on Sept. 18 including thrashing demonstrations, wagon rides, live music, and more.

The Airdrie Hospice Society is once again offering programs to help individuals through their grief.