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During its council meeting on May 25, Beiseker Village council unanimously approved second and third readings of a pair of bylaws to consolidate five loans into two separate groups.

Rocky View County (RVC) council unanimously approved the 2015 Specialized Transportation Assistance Grant funds totalling $206,200 after reviewing recommendations from the Policy and Priorities Committee at its meeting May 26.

Rocky View County (RVC) council has unanimously rejected a land redesignation meant to provide a site for a new high school near Cochrane.

Rocky View County (RVC) council gave final reading to a bylaw to close a portion of an undeveloped road allowance at its May 26 meeting, but the applicant will not be able to purchase the land until after administration has reviewed the file and pres

Two people in their 50s were taken to the Foothills Medical Centre in Calgary on May 22 in stable, non life-threatening condition after the motorcycle they were riding on was involved in a collision with a vehicle on Springbank Road and Range Road 33

Residents in the Sunset Ridge condominiums in Cochrane were never at risk when a tanker truck unit caught fire on Highway 22, north of Highway 1A near the town on May 24, according to Cochrane Fire Chief David Humphrey.

The Alberta Law Enforcement Response Teams (ALERT) along with Airdrie RCMP and the Southern Alberta Emergency Response Team busted a grow-op west of Airdrie on May 22, according to a release sent on May 26.

After nearly 10 hours of input from the public on the proposed Conrich Area Structure Plan (ASP) on May 12, the item was back on the agenda at Rocky View County (RVC) council’s meeting on May 26.

Airdrie City council held a special meeting May 25 to unanimously approve the 2015 Tax Rate Bylaw, after it failed to receive approval for third reading at the regular meeting on May 19.