Community

Pottie added a celebration and open mic night event is slated for Sept. 18 from 6 to 8 p.m. to acknowledge the efforts of all the poets who participated in the competition this year.

Mountain Everest climber and municipal government veteran Horacio Galanti is the City of Airdrie's new CAO.

“We love promoting literacy and this is a great marriage of that print literacy when it comes to writing, but also the creative side when it comes to the arts and the creations they make,” he said.

“We are very thankful for the community and all the support that we get from donors and community members and their partners,” Hume said.

Local politicians and community members gathered together at Nose Creek Regional Park to celebrate Community Links' 40th birthday with a 1980s-themed bash on Aug. 26.

“We’re busier than ever and so we have to just continue to maintain what we do best, and that is to feed our community. And that’s the [other] main reason we cancelled the event,” Taylor said. 

Airdrie’s second annual overdose awareness event is kicking off at 3 p.m. on Aug. 31 at Nose Creek Regional Park, with the goal of de-stigmatizing addiction and promoting mental health resources.

Whether we’re comparing ourselves to others as a source of aspiration or to boost our confidence, it can sometimes be detrimental to our health.

As fall races towards us with its usual ferocity, programmers at Airdrie Public Library (APL) are on a break getting ready to meet the upcoming rush head on.

Christopher Monson, managing principal at Colliers Project Leaders, provided councillors with a project status report, remarking on the exciting progress being made in preparation for the schematic design report to be presented to council next month.