Local News

After two terms in office, Rocky View Division 3 Councillor Gordon Branson won’t seek a third, he announced May 25. Although the decision was difficult, Branson decided to follow his intuition.

In many respects, the manner in which Alberta Health Services (AHS) and the PC Government have handled Airdrie’s integrated fire and ambulance service perfectly sums up the last two-plus years of health care management in Alberta… they have taken one

Edge School in Springbank has applied to partner with Rocky View Schools instead of the Grande Prairie School District.

Cochrane High will have a new principal next school year. Rocky View Schools’ (RVS) Superintendent of Schools Greg Bass announced the appointment of Susan Poole as principal of Cochrane High, effective Aug. 26.

The Didsbury RCMP Burnt Timber Checkstop was busy between May 20 and May 24. There were about 2,000 campers in the area (half the number of last year), with many departing the area early Sunday morning.

Tammy Rahn will be the new principal of Chestermere Lake Middle School in Chestermere, beginning Aug. 26.

Rocky View County is hosting an open house regarding a new wastewater treatment plant, June 9 from 3:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Bragg Creek Community Centre.

Rocky View County is hosting an information session for a new emergency facility at the Balzac Community Centre from 4 to 8 p.m., June 10.

Rocky View County council made changes to its snowplowing policy at its regular meeting, May 11.

On May 10, Cochrane RCMP and other police teams executed a search warrant on a residence in Monterra on Cochrane Lakes, just north of Cochrane.