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Sergeant Darrin Turnbull didn’t expect to find a small child in a cardboard box on the backseat of a car he’d just pulled over for speeding in Airdrie on June 23. “It was a standard traffic stop.

Fraudsters are always trying to come up with new ways to rip off the unsuspecting.

New attendance areas for Airdrie residents affected by the opening of two new schools were set during a Rocky View Schools (RVS) special board meeting on June 25. The decision follows a series of community consultation meetings.

The Rocky View Schools (RVS) board of trustees approved the budget for the 2015/16 school year during a special board meeting on June 25, concluding a period of uncertainty as a result of an economic downturn in the province.

When Caitlin Haacke found herself in the spotlight for her anti-bullying advocacy, she expected some people would question her motives or envy her new-found celebrity.

An Airdrie RCMP officer making a routine traffic stop on Sierra Springs Drive on June 15 found what police are calling a “ significant quantity” of a variety of drugs, leading to the arrest of two men.

Health Canada has seized eight unauthorized health products from Better Bodies Supplements, a local bodybuilding and meal replacement health food store.

Residents of the Chestermere and Langdon areas who ate at the Original Joe’s Restaurant and Bar in Strathmore between June 9 to 19 were at risk of contracting hepatitis A after a worker there was found to have the disease, according to Alberta Health

A woman in her 30s from Morley was pronounced dead at the scene after the vehicle she was in left Highway 1A and rolled, ejecting her from the vehicle, said Cochrane RCMP Sergeant Jeff Campbell.

One man is believed to be responsible for at least four armed robberies at financial institutions, according to Alberta RCMP Media Relations Spokesperson Corporal Sharon Franks. “He’s been involved in four that we know of,” Franks said.