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Rocky View Schools (RVS) is hoping the government will approve a request for 17 new portables and two relocated portables to help address projected utilization rates of more than 100 per cent for the 2015/16 school year. At the Oct.

RCMP Media Liaison Constable Jason Curtis said officers from Airdrie conducted a number of CheckStops while taking part in Operation Impact - a national initiative to remind motorists of the need to practice safe driving habits - from Oct. 10 to 13.

Seven students at Airdrie’s Muriel Clayton Middle School and C.W. Perry Middle School were victimized by a thief in early October after the locks on their bikes were cut and their two-wheelers stolen.

An Airdrie family is safe and sound because their carbon monoxide (CO) detector did its job on Oct. 5 and alerted them to the danger, according to the Airdrie Fire Department (AFD).

Premier Jim Prentice unveiled Phase 3 of the education capital projects on Oct. 8 with the announcement of 55 new schools and 20 school modernization projects throughout the province including one new school in Airdrie.

The City of Airdrie confirmed a hypodermic needle was found at Chinook Winds Park the week of Oct. 6, however, officials would not release information about the specific needle or who found it.

Alberta Health Services (AHS) will begin offering all Albertans over the age of six months a preventative influenza shot free of charge beginning Oct. 20, according to information released on Oct. 13 by the provincial agency.

The October 2014 report from Alberta’s Auditor General made 23 new and three repeated recommendations to government. One of the repeat recommendations in the report suggested three changes to long-term senior care management.

Though it’s been over a year, Bragg Creek resident and store owner Laurel Frezell, is concerned that members of her community are still having emotional difficulties dealing with the negative repercussions brought on by the June 2013 floods, which de

On Oct. 2 in Calgary Chestermere-Rocky View MLA and Wildrose Education Critic Bruce McAllister unveiled the Party’s plan to address “Alberta’s classroom shortage.