Local News

A 21-year old man and 17-year-old woman from Calgary, were arrested on Feb. 12 in Chestermere after they attempted to flee from Chestermere RCMP and Calgary Police (CPS) in a stolen truck. CPS informed Chestermere RCMP at 11 a.m.

Finance Minister Jim Flaherty presented the 2014 federal budget in Parliament on Feb.12 and while it’s not a balanced budget, it aims to be in 2015. The 2014/2015 budget anticipates a deficit of $2.9 billion this year and a $6.

Local MP Blake Richards announced on Feb. 8 that he will be seeking the Conservative Party’s nomination in the new electoral district of Banff-Airdrie.

In celebration of Pink Shirt Day, the national movement to bring awareness to anti-bullying, students at Langdon School will have the opportunity to hear from anti-bullying youth speaker and former “Cosmo the Cougar” mascot Josh Drean on Feb.

On Feb. 4, the Government of Alberta announced Rocky View Schools (RVS) will receive eight new portables.

Rocky View County’s (RVC) Agricultural Service Board’s (ASB) three-year Strategic Plan includes promoting and developing agricultural policies to meet residents’ needs and to provide educational opportunities for a wide range of citizens.

Children struggling with reading and reading out loud now will soon have some help from furry, four-legged friends with the new program Listening Tails (LT) at the Chestermere Public Library.

The Town of Cochrane will continue to provide emergency fire response to areas of Rocky View County (RVC) at an annual budgeted cost of $400,000. The Town and RVC renewed its fire services agreement on Feb. 11.

Residents debated whether rezoning land from agricultural to residential was in the County’s best interest, Feb. 11 during Rocky View County’s (RVC) regular council meeting.

Airdrie taxi companies will have until Feb. 14 to decide on an independent colour for their cars, or the City will assign one to them, and that’s causing frustration for one local taxi company owner.