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One of the major changes the City of Airdrie is hoping to see in the revised Municipal Government Act (MGA), currently underway by the Province, is off-site levies and ensuring funding is in place for community infrastructure projects for firehalls,

Putting to bed weeks of speculation, Airdrie Mayor Peter Brown announced he would seek the Progressive Conservative Party (PC) nomination for the position of Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) in the next Provincial election.

Inspector Gordon Sage, commander of the Airdrie RCMP detachment, said he’s getting ready to welcome eight new officers in April. “We’re aiming for April 1. That’s when we’re expecting them,” Sage said.

At least a dozen officers from the Airdrie RCMP detachment traveled to St. Albert on Jan. 26 to take part in the regimental funeral for Constable David Wynn.

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.