Community

The season for wildlife babies has come to Rocky View County after a long winter and late spring – and the Alberta Institute for Wildlife Conservation (AIWC) is encouraging residents to avoid “kidnapping” newborn animals.

Kim Schmaltz, the owner of Never Done Quilting in Beiseker, said she hopes participating in the Row by Row Junior initiative this year will help introduce local young people – aged six to 14 – to the hobby of quilting.

On Cancer Survivor Day, June 3, the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society of Canada opened registration for its Light the Night Walk, which takes place in October.

Students at École Edwards Elementary School filed into the school’s gymnasium wearing brightly coloured T-shirts June 1, to hear a presentation from Fred Fox.

Airdrie’s Genesis Place Recreation Centre will be the site for a benefit concert June 16, hosted to raise money for Ryan Straschnitzki's recovery.

In an effort to encourage active living in the community, the Langdon OK (Older Kids) Club is sponsoring the second annual Langdon Walk/Run.

The old, flaking art panels at Nose Creek Park’s sport court are finally being taken down, but their end marks a move and expansion for Airdrie’s Street Art Gallery.

Douglas Homes offerings in Cooper’s Crossing, Renovation survival, Bees to your garden.

On the quiet of a Sunday morning, John ‘Jack’ Tennant spent his final moments basking in the sun, surrounded by friends and family, as his giant heart took its final beats.