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Rocky View County, as a member of the Calgary and Area Intergovernmental Weed Committee, accepted the Industrial Vegetation Management Stewardship Award, March 20.

After a lengthy discussion, the Rocky View Schools board of trustees voted to change its submission to the Province for 2012/13 modular classrooms, March 15.

Rocky View Schools board of trustees approved the division’s Three Year Accountability Report, March 15. On June 3, 2011, the board approved the 2011-2014 Three Year Plan entitled “The Power to Enrich.

All students learn differently and a pilot project in six Rocky View schools is helping children determine what works for them. The Universal Learning Environments: Improving Learning for Each Learner project was launched in 2011.

The Rocky View Schools board of trustees approved the Capital Plan for 2013-2016, March 15.

Several Airdronians were part of a group of 2,100 Albertans who rallied against Bill 2, The Education Act at the Legislature in Edmonton, March 19.

Airdrie will not have a cat bylaw any time soon. On Oct. 3, 2011, council asked staff to look into the viability of a cat bylaw after a resident expressed concern with cats crossing busy roads and being struck, fighting and getting into garbages.

A body found on the side of the road near Balzac’s CrossIron Mills mall and the Nexen gas plant on March 20 has been deemed suspicious in nature. At about 10 a.m.

For the second time in just over a month, Rocky View County has declared a Level 2 fire ban, effective March 13. “The conditions are extremely dry,” said Rocky View Fire Services Deputy Chief Garth Rabel.

City council will spend an extra $2.9 million for a new Calgary to Airdrie water line. Council endorsed the recommendation of the Finance Advisory Committee to amend the 2012 capital budget to increase funding for the project, March 19.