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Airdrie artists are being invited to submit their works of art for a chance to have their creations displayed on light posts around the city.

An Airdrie man was arrested and charged in Red Deer on May 6 when he was caught with a significant amount of drugs. At 8 p.m.

Airdrie’s Footprints for Learning Academy – a not-for-profit, kindergarten to Grade 8 private school program – was in hot water May 9 when parents took to social media to criticize the school’s Dress and Grooming Code.

Alberta Education’s report and recommendations from the Task Force for Teaching Excellence was released May 5, and the Alberta Teacher’s Association (ATA) is calling the report “an assault on teachers.

A contractor from British Columbia was hospitalized with serious injuries after his plane crashed a short time after taking off from the parking lot at Calaway Park on May 1.

Kathyrn School will be welcoming a new leader in the fall as Scott Woodward will take over the role of principal that will be left vacant when current Principal Brad Walls makes the move to Bearspaw School in August.

In an effort to keep transportation fees for parents as low as possible, Rocky View Schools (RVS) board of trustees voted May 1 to amend the attendance area for Bow Valley High School to create a savings of $199,000 for the transportation department.

Springbank Community High School’s Natural Resource Management and Environmental Science partnership with Mount Royal University (MRU) and Bow Point Nursery was one of 26 dual credit opportunities approved to receive government funding.

Crossfield residents had their voices heard, May 7, as they directed questions to organizers of the proposed Rocky View New Life Centre (RVNLC) at the Crossfield Community Centre.

Traffic in the southbound lanes of Highway 2 was slowed to a crawl on May 2 after a tanker truck overturned and leaked oil onto the road.