Local News

A new report issued by the City’s Community Development department for 2014 suggests the number of residents who volunteer with Airdrie’s various social and community agencies is on the rise, according to Social Planning Co-ordinator Cathy O’Donoghue

A resident returning home on Sept. 21 walked in to find a strange woman in the residence in Coopers Crossing, according to Airdrie RCMP Media Liaison Constable Jason Curtis.

One man was sent to hospital and RCMP is looking for two suspects after an early morning shooting near a fitness centre in an apartment building on Railway Avenue Sept. 27.

While the state of the Canadian economy remains in flux — though figures vary, the International Monetary Fund cut projected growth in the country from 2.2 to 1.

A home invasion in the King’s Heights neighbourhood on Sept. 26 is “alarming”, according to Airdrie RCMP Media Liaison Constable Jason Curtis. “It’s an alarming amount of violence,” he said. “We don’t see violence like that here in Airdrie.

A 21-year-old man from Morley had to be transported to the Foothills Medical Centre in Calgary by STARS Air Ambulance on Sept.

Rocky View County (RVC) council voted unanimously to delay the reclassification of the Chestermere Regional Recreation Centre (CRRC) from regional to community (district) status until the Dec. 8 meeting.

Airdrie Rural RCMP, along with RCMP from Gleichen, have made three arrests in connection with a series of thefts across multiple jurisdictions, including Rocky View County, according to Airdrie RCMP Media Liaison Constable Jason Curtis.

The historic Bassano train station in Beiseker caught fire in the early morning hours of Sept. 18 and Beiseker RCMP are investigating it as suspicious.

Banff-Airdrie Liberal Party candidate Marlo Raynolds is offering a $500 reward for information that leads to the arrest of individuals responsible for Liberal Party signs that were vandalized and stolen in recent weeks.