Local News

The City of Airdrie is encouraging residents to nominate their friends and neighbours who are making a difference in the community by volunteering. The City has been recognizing locals with the Volunteer of the Year Awards since 2001.

Eighty-one-year-old Cedric (Rick) Dickinson was the final medal bearer in the Rick Hansen 25th Anniversary Relay at the Airdrie Legion, Feb. 27.

With the tragedy of a murder-suicide in the city last weekend, the timing for the Rotary Club’s seventh annual Tour de Airdrie road race couldn’t be better.

Last week, the Fraser Institute published its annual report card on Alberta elementary schools, potentially for the last time as the Alberta government looks into changing province-wide testing.

Rocky View Schools (RVS) donated $1,000 to the Airdrie Food Bank in recognition of 18 years of service and assistance with R.J. Hawkey’s breakfast program, Feb. 15. “The Airdrie Food Bank has been instrumental in providing thousands of R.J.

Local residents are frustrated with the governmentís response to the property rights task force recommendations, released Feb. 21. ìThey are just throwing us some bones,î said Crossfield-area landowner Grant Budgeon.

Rocky View Countyís planning department presented 28 amendments for the Land Use Bylaw (LUB) to councillors, Feb. 21.

Crossfieldís new reservoir project on Laut Ave. will required an additional $106,000 in reserve funds. The project, which is slated to be completed Aug. 1 and cost approximately $6.

Council has decided to wait for the results of the Inventory Study currently being conducted by Dillon Consulting before finalizing the Townís capital budget. The report is expected to be finished in April.

A Cessna 206 Amphibian airplane caught fire in-flight and made a safe landing at Springbank Airport with three male passengers escaping unharmed, Feb. 17.