Local News

The search is on for a foster mother for a moose calf that was found wandering around Royal Oak in northwest Calgary on May 27. The calf, just a few days old, was captured by police and animal services when the mother was nowhere to be found.

Beiseker council officially approved the 2014 operating budget, May 26, resulting in a three per cent residential mill rate increase over 2013. The 2014 mill rate was voted unanimously at 9.38 per cent for residential and farmland property.

Rocky View County (RVC) council voted 5-4 in favour of approving the Bingham Crossing Phase 1 subdivision application on May 27.

Airdrie MLA Rob Anderson is trying to raise awareness about funding for long-term care facilities like Bethany Care Centre. Anderson will be speaking at the Woodside Seniors Club at 411 Woodside Dr.

The momentum of the George McDougall Building Futures program continues to grow with the announcement on May 21 that one of the programs teachers, Greg Rankin, has been selected as a 2014 Excellence in Teaching Awards winner.

As A.E. Bowers Elementary School prepares to say goodbye to current principal Jackie Lowell, it is a time to welcome a new face to the school and the role.

Stepping Stones for Mental Health, a mental health capacity building project that is part of Rocky View Schools (RVS) overall integrated mental health delivery system, has been granted a three-year extension by Alberta Health Services (AHS).

The Builders Lien Fund for the Airdrie Koinonia Christian School (AKCS) building was determined by a court on May 16.

Airdrie Wild Rose MP Blake Richards chaired the May 26 roundtable discussion on tourism initiatives in Ottawa with representatives from the Turk and Caicos Islands. Dr.