Local News

The first seven months serving as a Canadian Senator were not what a foothills businessman was hoping for.

Blake Richards, Wild Rose MP delivered the second installment of Canada’s Gas Tax Fund for 2013 to the Town of Crossfield, Nov. 14. The latest installment is a total of $147,573 to support the development of local infrastructure.

As the death toll of Typhoon Haiyan is expected to rise to more than 2,500, the world watches while Tacloban, Philippines residents prepare to rebuild and move on.

The staff and parent council of the Herons Crossing Elementary School are hard at work trying to raise money for a playground for the school and community.

Airdrie MLA Rob Anderson believes strength in numbers will force the Province to hear Airdrieís call for a 24-hour health facility, and heís looking for a least 2,400 residents to sign his petition.

Local businessman Brian Palethorpe has some experience with business collaboration and wanted to know how he could use those experiences, to assist his and other businesses in the city.

Investigators are searching for two culprits involved in a suspected arson at the Highway 2 Bar and Grill on Edmonton Trail on Nov. 10. At 3:30 a.m.

As Airdrieís population continues to grow, traffic congestion on the Cityís roadways increases. The municipalityís engineering department has a number of new projects in the works to help alleviate the congestion on the cityís streets.

An employee at the Airdrie No Frills grocery store was kidnapped by two men before closing the store on Nov. 6 and was released without harm a half-hour later.

The Sharp Hills Preservation Society (SHPS) received just less than $4,000 to go towards trees and signage for municipal reserve lands in Sharp Hills, located just south of Airdrie city limits, Nov. 6.