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Balzac residents and businesses will see changes to their mailing addresses and postal codes starting Oct. 17.

Rocky View County council unanimously endorsed a resolution asking the Alberta Association of Municipal Districts and Counties (AAMD&C) to work with the Province to expand minimum public notification areas for oil and gas development, Oct. 11.

Between Oct. 7 and 10, Airdrie RCMP’s Integrated Traffic Unit pulled over 183 drivers, 127 of whom were caught speeding. This year’s Thanksgiving crackdown coincided with Operation Impact, a nationally mandated traffic enforcement plan.

RCMP Sgt. Patty Neely attended council to discuss policing in Beiseker. She noted that crime statistics for Beiseker were very low. An exception was the serious assault of a three-month-old Beiseker infant. Charges have been laid in this case.

A Chestermere-area family is homeless after an early morning blaze burned their house to the ground, Oct. 14. The blaze began around 4:27 a.m.

Rocky View County council accepted a staff recommendation and defeated a Bearspaw infill rezoning application in a split vote, Oct. 11. The proposal would have split 5.

With Premier Alison Redford’s cabinet shuffle and downsizing, Livingstone-Macleod MLA Evan Berger has been handed the agriculture portfolio, putting Jack Hayden out of a ministerial job. Berger was announced as the new minister Oct.

A group of Alberta farmers is working to launch an all-wheat commission in the province. The not-for-profit commission, which is expected to be up and running by Aug.

A Langdon-area family is homeless after an early morning blaze burned their house to the ground, Oct. 14. The blaze began around 4:27 a.m.

Organizers turned sod on the city of Airdrie’s first Habitat for Humanity project, Oct. 6.