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Airdrie City council approved the 2014 operating and capital budget that includes a 3.4 per cent tax increase in 2014 on Dec. 16. Included in the Cityís $115.4-million budget is a $72.7-million operating budget and a $42.7-million capital budget.

Christmas came early for Rocky View Schools (RVS) as Premier Alison Redford made the announcement Dec. 18 that Airdrie will receive a new kindergarten to Grade 4 school in Cooperís Crossing.

A review of the audited financial statements for Rocky View Schools (RVS) for the year ending Aug. 31, 2013, reveals a $10.2-million surplus of revenue in the 2012 to 2013 school year.

About 98 per cent of Albertans have high speed-Internet access, including many residents in rural and remote areas, as a result of the Alison Redford government’s Final Mile Initiative launched in 2012.

The Chestermere Pond Hockey League (CPHL) has garnered national attention this week, as major media outlets reported on the league’s difficulty finding an area to host pond hockey games. As reported in the Rocky View Weekly on Nov.

A 19-year-old man from Saskatchewan was taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries following a two-vehicle crash on Dec. 11 at the intersection of Highway 9 and Highway 564, just outside Beiseker, at around 9:30 a.m.

From the perspective of an entrepreneur looking to set up, expand or move a business, Rocky View County (RVC) was listed in the top 10 on Alberta Venture magazine’s annual list of the Best Communities for Business.

After calls for reform on Bill 28, the Alberta government has adopted and made changes to the controversial bill, that will now make it voluntary for municipalities to join Growth Management Boards.

Rocky View County’s base operating and capital budget was approved by council on Dec. 10, and rate payers should expect about a three per cent increase in taxes for the 2014 year.

A $24-million dollar project slated for Balzac that’s been touch-and-go for more than a decade is finally making its way out of the gate.