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Ralph McCall Grade 6 teacher Brian Jackson is much-loved by students. He has been awarded the Prime Minister’s Award for Teaching Excellence not once but twice, won the Right Stuff Award from the U.S.

Students at Heron’s Crossing School may soon be burning off extra energy on a new playground thanks in part to a joint $15,000 donation from area builders Excel Homes, McKee Homes and Hopewell Development Corporation on June 12.

On June 15, the Alberta Teachers’ Association (ATA) challenged what the association is calling “incomplete and incorrect” information from the Province’s Task Force for Teaching Excellence, with the release of the ATA’s report Great Teachers, Great S

Riders of Airdrie Transit will see an increase in fares for the first time since 2007. Effective Jan. 1, 2015, local transit riders will pay $2.25 per trip and prices are increasing across the board.

The aquatics area at Genesis Place Recreation Centre will undergo some significant changes and a three-month closure for maintenance in 2015. The minimum age for unaccompanied minors in the pool area will rise and be implemented on July 1, 2014.

A 29-year-old Airdrie man was arrested in the early morning of June 18 after attempting to break into a garage. At 1 a.m.

The City of Airdrie will be taking a “proactive approach” to stormwater servicing and management as council voted unanimously in favour of improving service levels over the next five years on June 16.

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A portion of southern Alberta’s backcountry trails that suffered erosion and sustained damages to bridges and other amenities when debris-choked rivers and creeks spilled their banks in June 2013, are set to get a $10-million facelift.

The Canadian Cattlemen’s Association (CCA) recently launched a new group, one that is focused on the continuous improvement of sustainable Canadian beef.