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Rocky View County council approved a funding request of $7,775 to replace an aging furnace and bring the Springbank Community Association hall up to code. During a regularly scheduled council meeting Jan.

Rocky View County (RVC) Division 1 residents who attended the town hall meeting at the Bragg Creek Community Centre on Jan. 16, told local Councillor Liz Breakey about the top priorities they’d like to see the County focus on moving forward.

Rocky View County (RVC) is launching the process of developing the long-awaited Recreation and Culture Master Plan (RMP) with a workshop at the County office on Jan. 29 at 6:30 p.m.

Airdrie City council unanimously approved a $4,000 grant from the 2013 operating budget for Citizens on Patrol (COP), Jan. 21.

Airdrie City council unanimously voted to table a decision on Internet voting, Jan. 21.

A court case for a former George McDougall High School teacher, charged with having a sexual relationship with a student, has been held over until Feb. 11 for the completion of a psychiatric assessment.

Airdrie City council is moving the Co-op park-and-ride terminal to Chinook Winds Park as an interim solution for parking problems in the area starting in March. The solution will be in place until the summer of 2014.

Local officials and residents are relieved after Alberta Health Services (AHS) announced a decision, made Jan. 14, to lay off nurse practitioners at Cochrane and Airdrie urgent care centres, had been rescinded. The announcement came Jan.

Wild Rose MP Blake Richards hosted a tele-townhall using Voice Over Internet Protocol (VOIP) technology to communicate with about 3,700 people in his riding, Jan. 21.

The Tomorrow Project is returning to Airdrie and organizers are looking for local residents, ages 35 to 69, to take part in the long-term research study into the causes of cancer.