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Rocky View Schools had a 30-minute debate on three different calendar drafts for the 2012-13 school year before choosing draft one in a 6-1 vote. The school division asked stakeholders which draft they preferred.

City council directed staff to look into a bylaw to establish the Airdrie Combat Sports Committee. The committee would sanction amateur and professional boxing, mixed martial arts and wrestling in Airdrie.

A nasty collision on Jan. 16 slowed northbound traffic on Highway 2. At 9:20 a.m., a tractor-trailer driver attempted to make a U-turn on a gravel median two kilometres south of the Highway 72 overpass.

City council tabled an amendment to the existing security alarm systems bylaw, Jan. 16. The main goal of the bylaw is to reduce the number of false alarm repeat offenders. The City was asked to strengthen the wording of the bylaw.

A family that lost its home to a fire on Jan. 13 is overwhelmed by the support it has received from the community. “It is so great to have this kind of support, it is unexpected,” said Chris Balson, owner of the house at 820 Coopers Square.

With temperatures plunging below -30°C last week, Alberta set a new record for electricity consumption. Citizens across the province used 10,315 Megawatts on Jan. 15 and 10,609 Megawatts on Jan. 16. This bests a record set in Dec.

City council approved a dog licence amnesty program to be followed by an enforcement program, which will send bylaw officers door to door, giving out $250 tickets to anyone with unlicensed dogs, Jan. 16.

Itís heating up in west Rocky View County with two mayors and one businessman all after the same thing: The PC nomination in Banff-Cochrane. The most recent entrant is four-time Canmore mayor Ron Casey.

Despite the negative and sometimes angry tone of participants, Jan. 11, in Olds, the lead minister for the Alberta Property Rights Task Force seemed unruffled by the sharp criticism of her governmentís performance.

Rocky Viewís Division 3 Councillor Margaret Bahcheli was elected to the position of deputy reeve, filling a vacancy left by the tragic death of Councillor Rick Butler in a skiing accident in Kananaskis on Dec. 26. The decision was made, Jan.