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Students at Banded Peak School in Bragg Creek got a taste of the democratic process when candidates from the three ridings in the area participated in a mini forum at the school on April 29.

The 2014 Audited Financial Statement was unanimously approved by Rocky View County (RVC) council on April 28, transferring the 2014 operating surplus of $6,982,829 to the Tax Stabilization Reserve.

Chad Ireland, 30, of Calgary has been charged with numerous counts after he attempted to evade a Beiseker RCMP officer by peppering him with bear spray on April 29, according to Airdrie RCMP Media Liaison Constable Jason Curtis.

The 2015 tax rate bylaw was unanimously approved by Rocky View County (RVC) council at a meeting on April 28, setting the year’s tax rates at 3.3 per cent above the 2014 rate.

An application to redesignate a portion of land from Direct Control District to Residential Two District will return before Rocky View County (RVC) council for third reading on May 12, after receiving first and second reading at a public hearing on A

Editors note: The Airdrie City View asked all the provincial candidates in Airdrie the same two questions to uncover what candidates will do for residents. Please note, some answers have been edited for length.

Speaking in Calgary on April 21, Premier Jim Prentice announced the Province will no longer lower the charitable tax credit from 21 per cent to 12.

The federal government tabled a balanced budget on April 21 in the House of Commons, and included in the 518-page plan were a number of new promises focusing on students, seniors and families. The 2015 budget projects a $1.

A 16-year-old from Airdrie received serious but non life-threatening injuries when he was struck by a vehicle as he rode his bike through a crosswalk on Edmonton Trail at Centre Avenue on April 24 at 8:30 a.m.

On April 22, New Democratic Party (NDP) candidate for Airdrie Chris Noble released a press release in which he said the Progressive Conservative (PC) candidate Peter Brown used “foreknowledge of the date of the election” to book a table at the Airdri