Community

“If you’re looking for a night where you can be in a room full of music lovers tapping your feet, enjoying a night out where you have your community around you... it’s a great way to connect with others," she said.

“We had a pool table years ago, and I always used to play, so we had that going all the time,” the centenarian said.

By recognizing the generosity of its donors in such a public way as a new donor tree at Airdrie’s multi-sport rec centre, Boudreau said ADCF was giving praise where it is due.

Airdrie P.O.W.E.R's inaugural Coldest Night of the Year walk was well attended on Feb. 25. The walk raised nearly $39,000 to support Airdrie P.O.W.E.R's women's day shelter and other work to support vulnerable women in the community.

Airdrie Firefighters Rickey-Lee Devries, Joel Veitch, Alex Moran and Trevor Remington were grateful their long, cold ordeal concluded at 11 a.m. on Saturday. The four had spent a bitter 72 hours on the rooftop of the Toad n Turtle Pub to raise awareness and funds for Muscular Dystrophy Canada. The quartet were given a hero’s welcome as they descended from the roof one last time.

At the end of each month, staff from the Airdrie Public Library send the Airdrie City View a small collection of some of the titles available at the library, along with some short synopses.

This year, APL is excited for the return of Harry Potter Day on Saturday, March 11, from 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

About 30 teams and 132 walkers will be braving the winter cold in Airdrie this Saturday to raise awareness and funds to support the helpless, the homeless, and the hurting during this year’s Coldest Night of the Year fundraising walk.

Four Airdrie firefighters are braving the elements until Saturday, enduring bitterly cold conditions as they camp out on the rooftop of the Toad 'n' Turtle Pubhouse and Grill to raise funds for Muscular Dystrophy Canada. 

While most people would shudder at the thought of bathing in a pool of frozen water for upwards of half an hour, Belibi relishes such physical exertion challenges.