Local News

With any election comes campaign promises and Airdrie is no different. New and returning candidates are throwing their hats into the ring before the Sept. 23 nomination deadline and voicing their ideas for how to make the city better.

Bragg Creek’s Chamber of Commerce is rolling out the welcome mat for tourists and local residents.

Beiseker council voted to change a policy that requires new streets in the village be named after past mayors, Sept. 9.

Airdrie RCMP apprehended a 25-year-old man from Calgary after he fled the scene of a traffic stop on Highway 2 near CrossIron Mills mall on Sept. 12.

Rocky View County (RVC) is submitting a $2.39-million application to the Provincial government under its Southern Alberta Disaster Recovery Program to help with the bill of rebuilding damaged infrastructure during the June floods.

The Village of Beiseker’s newest addition to council will be seeking re-election on Oct. 23 for the 2013 municipal election. Warren Wise, a seven-year resident of Beiseker, is looking to see current projects through until the end.

An engineering study to address the long-standing drainage problems in an area of Bearspaw will get underway following Rocky View County (RVC) council’s approval of the $350,000 project budget at the Sept. 10 meeting.

The County Plan was presented to Rocky View County (RVC) council on Sept. 10 with administration recommending it be adopted without changes. However, several councillors requested amendments be made.

Ted Gard, former general manager of community services with Rocky View, no longer works for the municipality, a County representative confirmed Sept. 12. Gard retired from his position on Aug.

A third candidate has announced his intentions to seek election for Rocky View County’s Division 9 in the October municipal election.