Local News

The County has a new tool in its belt. The Bragg Creek Master Drainage Plan (BCMDP), completed by MPE Engineering, provides guidance and recommendations for how stormwater should be dealt with in areas of future growth.

Gravel operators looking to do business in Rocky View will now have to submit a Master Site Development Plan (MSDP) as part of land-use approval applications. Councillors directed staff to impose the added layer to the Countyís process on Feb. 21.

Unfortunately, the premierís response to her own property rights task force comes as no surprise to us. After meeting with hundreds of Albertans in January, the task force released its report detailing what it heard, over and over, from residents.

County councillors gave Rocky View planning staff the green light, Feb. 21, to begin working on a Land Reserve Policy, which is intended to simplify the development process.

Rocky View resident Dr. David Chalack received a Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal for his contributions to the field of animal care and to the continued success of the Calgary Stampede, Feb. 6.

A week after their newborn son was mauled by the family dog, dying of his injuries, an Airdrie family released a statement, Feb. 23.

The Provincially-appointed Critical Transmission Review Committee (CTRC) gave its blessing to a pair of highly controversial transmission lines between Edmonton and Calgary, Feb. 13.

Alberta Health Services (AHS) is counting on its new ambulance station, to be open at the Bethany Care Centre by the end of February, to cut its response times.

Airdrie RCMP is investigating a sex assault that took place, Feb. 10. A stranger attacked a woman in her Prairie Springs residence.

Travis Davies, manager of media and issues with Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers (CAPP), spoke to Airdrie Chamber of Commerce members at a lunch meeting on Feb. 16 at Woodside Golf Course.