Local News

Members of the Chestermere RCMP and the Calgary Police Service (CPS) successfully apprehended a man in a doghouse after a two-hour ground search led by a police dog through winter conditions, Nov. 30. At around 1:55 a.m.

Rocky View County council approved $669,600 in Family and Community Support Services (FCSS) grants, Dec. 6. The money will be distributed to 19 community organizations to support a variety of community services and programs.

The Alberta Association of Municipal Districts and Counties (AAMDC) released its position paper, Finding Local Solutions: Examining the Impacts of Forced Regionalization, Nov. 29.

The relationship between Rocky View Schools (RVS) and the Edge School for Athletes in Springbank will continue for another year.

The Town of Irricana hosted its centennial volunteer appreciation dinner and awards presentation, Nov. 24 at the community centre.

Rocky View Schools’ 2011/12 budget now includes the $2.88 million restored by the provincial government in October, following fall budget amendments last week.

Irricana councillors met for the second time in as many weeks in the hopes of finalizing the Town’s 2012 budget, but did not succeed and will continue the process at the next council meeting on Dec. 6.

Beiseker’s streets looked like a scene from a movie after a wicked windstorm blew through the town, Nov. 27.

Three vehicles were stolen from a rural address on Valleyview Road in Rocky View County on Nov. 25. At about 10:45 p.m. that night, Airdrie RCMP responded a report of a break and enter at the address.

Rocky View County council approved a redesignation application for a 90-lot residential community, Nov. 29. The quarter section, located four kilometres east of Chestermere, belongs to longtime residents and farmers John and Doreen Knight.