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I’ve never been much of a history buff, I’m more interested in what a region’s culinary offerings are over what happened thousands of years ago.

Canola fields throughout the county are a bloom, highlighting the countryside with bright bursts of beautiful yellow. But the Canola Council of Canada (CCC) recommends now is the time for farmers to begin the pre-harvest disease watch.

As the 2014 Alberta Summer Games and its 3,000 participants took over Airdrie from July 24 to 27, local businesses were amping up for a busy weekend.

Airdrie MLA Rob Anderson called out the Alberta government on July 28 over what he said is a premature end to its three-year wage freeze on senior government officials.

Four charges have been laid against 20-year-old Trey Wylie of Airdrie after an early morning shooting on July 30. The shooting happened on Eighth Street near the community of Silver Springs in Airdrie’s northwest, according to RCMP. Cst.

With the 2014 Alberta Summer Games officially in the history books, Chairman Al Jones will finally have a chance to relax. However, he and the rest of the organizing committee still have some things to finish up before resting on their laurels.

A member of the Red Scorpions gang, along with three associates, was arrested after police executed search warrants in Airdrie, Red Deer and Calgary on July 28.

Lindsay Bilham said it’s a morning she won’t soon forget. The 29-year-old Airdrie mother was doing the laundry with her 17-month-old son nearby, Declan, at 7:30 a.m. on July 22 when it all went terribly wrong.

When Airdronian Johanna Hirons decided to bring her elderly parents to Alberta from Ontario so her father, who requires long-term care, and her mother could be close to her family, she said she had no idea it would be so difficult.

On July 23, the Government of Alberta announced a new land-use plan to help manage growth pressures and protect the environment in southern Alberta.