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The planned Gateway firehall has been delayed for one year, due to a $127,456 budget overage on phase two of the Plainsmen Arena redevelopment.

The Ron Ebbesen Arena will be shut down for about two weeks while the City of Airdrie and its refrigeration service provider investigate the cause of a malfunction to its chiller.

Canada Day parade organizers are desperately seeking help to preserve this year’s event.

Members of the Airdrie Integrated Traffic Unit (AITU) laid 246 provincial and criminal charges over the Victoria day long weekend.

Premier Alison Redford is taking steps to improve Highway 63, dubbed the Highway of Tears or Highway of Death, after a two-vehicle head-on collision near Fort McMurray killed seven, April 27.

A recent Rocky View Schools (RVS) partnership with Alberta Education and four school boards in the province continues the boards’ goal of producing 21st Century learners, said Nancy Lake, at the RVS board meeting on May 17.

Two late season wins were enough to get them to the Rocky View Sports Association (RVSA) semi finals, but the Bert Church Chargers’ bid for a spot in the finals ended there. The team lost 2-1 to the Cochrane Cobras, May 22.

When the buzzer finally sounded to end the World’s Longest Hockey Game, helmets, gloves and hockey sticks went flying as the 40 players celebrated 246 hours of endless gameplay, May 16.

A recent Rocky View Schools (RVS) partnership with Alberta Education and four school boards in the province continues the boards’ goal of producing 21st Century learners, said Nancy Lake, at the RVS board meeting on May 17.

Dawn Smith Rocky View Publishing A large-scale search near Beiseker revealed no clues as to the location of missing Calgary man Ryan Lane, but police say they will continue the search.