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Airdrie businessman Hugh Hamilton has long been involved in the community – he established the Airdrie Registry in 1961 and with the help of his family has worked in Airdrie ever since.

Cat owners will need to license their furry felines in the future if the proposed Airdrie Animal Control bylaw goes into effect. City council approved including cats in the bylaw at its Oct. 5 meeting.

Although crews from the Airdrie Fire Department (AFD) were able to clean up a fuel spill on Sept. 30, Deputy Fire Chief Garth Rabel said the cause of the spill remains a mystery.

Council approved an increase to the Fortis franchise fee of one per cent Oct. 5 after failing to come to an agreement on the amount to increase the fee at its Sept. 21 meeting.

The search to find quality, affordable child care is often front of mind for parents — but high costs and a shortage of spaces can make choices difficult.

A request from staff to increase the cost of annual adult and family passes to the Genesis Place Recreation Centre was denied by Airdrie City council at its Oct. 5 meeting.

After nearly two hours of debate and hearing from a number of housing developers, planning staff and members of the public, Airdrie City council decided to follow staff’s recommendation and not allow one developer, Hopewell Development Corporation, t

RCMP has arrested two men in connection with an early morning shooting outside the Anytime Fitness location on Railway Avenue on Sept. 27.

Third reading was passed unanimously by Rocky View County (RVC) council on a conceptual scheme for the proposed Conrich Station Industrial Estates.

Recreation seekers in the Bragg Creek area will no longer be able to access a large amount of property north and northwest of Bragg Creek, as it is no longer available to the public as Crown land.