Local News

The number of development permits issued in Rocky View County increased from 750 in 2011 to 800 in 2012 and some anticipate those numbers will continue to increase in 2013.

Rocky View County residents are getting a reprieve from the bone-chilling weather they have been experiencing since mid-December.

Airdrie MLA Rob Anderson is speaking out against the PC government after Minister of Finance Doug Horner shared dire predictions about the upcoming operating budget with the media, Dec. 19.

The chairman for the bid committee for the 2014 Alberta Summer Games, Oneil worked tirelessly for months in an effort to promote Airdrie as the host city of the games.

Staff at Airdrie’s Waste and Recycling Depot are reminding residents to recycle their Christmas cards, boxes, wrapping paper, gift bags and packaging after the holiday season.

Airdrie RCMP have laid an additional 13 charges against former George McDougall High School teacher John Christopher Miller. Miller, 35, was first arrested in Calgary on Oct.

The use of lanyards that aren’t designed to break away have been suspended from all schools in Airdrie following an incident in Bearspaw where an eight-year-old boy was found unconscious, strangled by his school lanyard hooked on the door of a washro

Wild Rose MP Blake Richards dropped in at the Madden Community Centre during a Christmas party Dec. 14 to announce just under $70,000 in funding to the Madden and District Agricultural Society for upgrades to the centre.

Police have charged a Toronto man with 32 criminal charges after a routine traffic stop at around 5 p.m., Dec. 11. A member of the Airdrie Integrated Traffic Unit (ITU) stopped a vehicle for speeding on Highway 2 near Airdrie.

Airdrie Transit will operate a reduced holiday schedule on local and Intercity Express (ICE) services on Dec. 24, 27, 28 and 31.