Local News

Irricana council approved a $7,000 cash injection to the local library. The money, requested by Library Chair Trudy Whitfield, will be used to pay rent and help with other operating costs such as utilities.

A recent site and safety review of two Rocky View schools by a transportation engineer recommended nearly $900,000 in new parking site construction and improvements for Elbow Valley Elementary School in Springbank and Chestermere High School.

Airdrie City parks department has temporarily closed the public washrooms at Nose Creek Park because of a number of fires that have been set in the building.

Mayor Peter Brown and City council were treated to a surprise serenade on April 17 at City Hall.

Rocky View County council approved $21,000 in recreation funding for the Airdrie and District Agricultural Society (ADAS).

Balzac’s new firehall, Station 107, officially opened its doors with tours, a barbecue lunch and ribbon-cutting ceremony, April 14. The 19,000-square-foot station, which took 14 months to build and cost a total of $10.

About 400 Airdrie and area residents attended the provincial candidates forum at Bert Church Theatre, April 16.

About 200 people attended an all-candidates forum put on by the Chestermere YELL Youth Council for the Chestermere-Rocky View constituency, April 13.

On April 14 at about 1 a.m., Airdrie RCMP was dispatched to a hit and run in an alley behind a residence in Sagewood. Police said the resident of a neighbouring home was awakened by a loud disturbance.

City council unanimously voted to change Airdrie’s community bus route from Mondays to Fridays, April 17.