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Wildrose leader Danielle Smith visited Airdrie on her provincial campaign tour, March 30; the same day the party released the first component of its Family Pack policy.

Residents throughout Rocky View will have a decision to make on April 23. Alberta Premier Alison Redford officially launched the upcoming provincial election in Edmonton on March 26, setting forth a four-week campaign in three area ridings.

Longtime Bragg Creek resident Liz Breakey came out on top of the Rocky View Division 1 municipal by-election, March 26. Breakey received 374 votes, defeating David Rupert by 51 votes and former Rocky View councillor Bob Everett by 260.

The Greater Bragg Creek Trails Association (GBCTA) is hosting its second annual Tunes for Trails benefit concert, May 5. This yearís event will take place at the Bragg Creek Centre, located on White Avenue, starting at 7 p.m.

Mayor Bruce Rowe requested and was unanimously granted a one month leave of absence by the rest of council. Rowe is the Wildrose candidate in the Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills constituency in the provincial election.

Mother’s Day was especially exciting for Robert and Nancy Dempster, who have been Airdrie residents for 24 years. Rising just after 6 a.m., Nancy went to her kitchen, which overlooks her half-acre, Thorburn-area backyard.

Fans began arriving at 7 p.m. and the concert began only a few minutes past its scheduled 7:30 p.m. start time. To the average person, all was going according to plan.

Faced with record high electricity prices in January and February, Premier Alison Redford appointed a four-member panel to examine consumers’ cost for the commodity, March 22.

And they’re off. As expected, Premier Alison Redford dropped the election writ March 26 to set off a provincial campaign that will end with Albertans going to the polls April 23.

Wild Rose MP Blake Richards told Airdrie businesspeople that this spring’s federal budget will focus on deficit reduction. Richards spoke to about 60 people at the Airdrie Chamber of Commerce meeting at Woodside Golf Course on March 21.