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With all the nice weather Airdronians have been enjoying in January, it may come as a surprise to find out 2015 has started much as 2014 did. “Everyone remembers last year as being one of the coldest, snowiest on record.

Airdrie resident Robie Jacobsen said witnessing an act of road rage on Jan. 9 left her speechless and shaken. “We were turning off of Main Street onto Yankee Valley Boulevard towards 7-11 and I pulled up behind this guy, in a nice red car,” she said.

Justin Dang, 20, of Chestermere has been charged with Possession for the Purpose of Trafficking, Possession of Property Obtained by Crime and Possession of a Weapon for a Dangerous Purpose. Dang was arrested and charged on Jan.

On Jan. 30 Carstairs Town Councillor Nathan Cooper will submit his nomination package to seek the Wildrose nomination for Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills. “I think in many respects I saw what happened on Dec.

Langdon residents voiced their concerns about the expansion of their community at an open house on Jan. 21, where they had the opportunity to learn more about the revisions planned for their out-dated Area Structure Plan (ASP).

Residents of Bragg Creek were invited to participate in a Town Hall meeting on Jan.

For the second year in a row Rocky View Schools (RVS) board of trustees has opted to cover the shortfall left after the Government of Alberta reduced lease payment funding for Prince of Peace Lutheran School in the Chestermere area.

The driver of a tanker trailer that rolled over on Highway 2 near CrossIron Drive on Jan. 20 has been charged with Careless Driving under the Alberta Traffic Safety Act, according to Airdrie RCMP Media Liaison Constable Jason Curtis.

Current Banff-Cochrane MLA Ron Casey, who is currently serving his first term as MLA, announced Jan. 19 he will seek re-election and has put his name forward for the Progressive Conservative (PC) nomination.

At the regular meeting of council on Jan. 19, Irricana council voted down a proposal from Cowboy Septic, an Airdrie-based septic company, requesting to dump its waste in Irricana’s lagoon every month for a negotiable dumping charge.