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Airdrie residents could be faced with a 6.9 per cent tax increase next year if Council approves the preliminary 2014 budget that was presented on Nov. 4. The preliminary budget calls for a tax increase to offset a $2.

An employee at the Airdrie No Frills store in Airdrie was kidnapped by two unknown men before closing the grocery store on Nov. 6 and released a half hour later.

Amid a fire of controversy, the Alberta government has changed its tune after taking heat from the proposed legislation, Bill 28 – The Modernizing Regional Governance Act.

Residents are invited to meet the developers of a new outlet mall proposed for a piece of land owned by Calalta Amusements Ltd., located beside Calaway Park in Springbank. On Nov.

A 26-year old man from Calgary died after RCMP determined that he intentionally drove his car into Waiparous Creek, northwest of Cochrane on Oct. 29.

The developer for a new Asian-style mall planned for Balzac says the project is “already overwhelmingly successful” even though a shovel has yet to break ground.

The Alberta Labour Relations Board (ALRB) reached the decision that Rocky View County (RVC) had been bargaining in bad faith regarding the June layoffs of 11 full-time firefighters on Oct. 25.

The student who was air-lifted to hospital in critical condition following a collision between a school bus and a truck northeast of Crossfield was the bus driverís five-year-old child.

Rocky View County’s (RVC) newly-elected council members were sworn in at the Organization Meeting held at the County Office on Oct. 29.

Following recommendations from Rocky View County’s (RVC) Oct. 12 Regional Recreation Board Meeting, RVC council unanimously approved funding for three projects at its regular meeting on Oct. 29.