Local News

The proposed Chestermere Health Centre, which will be located in the Kinniburgh development in southeast Chestermere, held its official groundbreaking, March 29.

Council unanimously approved the Countyís 2012 budget with a three per cent municipal tax increase, March 27. The average Rocky View resident with a home value of $871,000 will pay $62 more than last yearís municipal tax bill of $2,057.

The head of the Alberta Barley Commission is ecstatic about the federal governmentís proposal of negotiating a free-trade agreement with Japan and Thailand.

Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development is again offering the Summer Farm Employment Program.

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.