Local News

Rocky View County council unanimously approved a request for up to $50,000 in funding to assist the North Bow Facility Board (NBFB) in a fundraising campaign, May 8.

The late Deputy Reeve Rick Butler, who died in a Nakiska accident, Dec. 26. was memorialized on May 6.

Rocky View County Council unanimously approved a request from the Delacour Agricultural Society to contribute $11,000 to upgrades to the Delacour Community Hall on May 8. “This is great.

The Airdrie and District Hospice Society (ADHS) is hoping to implement an innovative method of care.

Rocky View County council approved first reading of two zoning applications on May 8. Councillor Kim Magnuson moved first reading of an application to rezone a 15.

Calgary Regional Partnership (CRP) Chair Truper McBride was a guest speaker at the Sustainable Cities International (SCI) Annual Symposium in Vancouver, May 1.

A Canadian Pacific (CP) railway spokesman told council a broken rail caused the August 2010 train derailment. Three farms were evacuated for four days as a result of the derailment, which took place one kilometre north of Airdrie.

Airdrie’s Wildrose MLA Rob Anderson will be returning to familiar portfolios as a member of the official Opposition. Party Leader Danielle Smith named Anderson to his previous roles of finance critic and house leader, May 1.

Between 10 and 20 centimetres of snow fell in Rocky View County during a spring blizzard, prompting Environment Canada to issue a travel advisory for areas north of Calgary, May 5.

Rocky View County council unanimously approved an application to rezone part of a 158-acre parcel of farmland west of Airdrie on May 8. Larry Konschuk of Bert Brown Land Consultants Ltd.