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I’ve always believed that the best government funding announcements are those that reduce the need for future government funding announcements.

Students in Airdrie are heading back to the classroom and Canada’s Public Health Agency is warning kids and parents to be alert to guarantee a safe beginning to the school year.

Harvest is fast approaching and Rocky View residents are urged to use caution while sharing the road with farm equipment.

Rocky View County’s Division 6 Councillor Greg Boehlke will have competition in this fall’s municipal election. John McMurray, 47, who lives on a quarter section between Airdrie and Irricana, will run for office for the second consecutive term.

The parents of a seven-week-old baby were killed in a head-on collision near Cochrane, Aug. 20.

I’ve always believed that the best government funding announcements are those that reduce the need for future government funding announcements.

An editorial in the Calgary Herald last week left me, and likely every other parent with school-aged children, very concerned. It was reported that a 15-year-old Airdrie boy could not handwrite his own name.

After years of working in small towns doing administration work, a local resident is hoping to find out what it’s like to be an elected official.

After three terms on council, Beiseker Mayor Bruce Rowe has announced he will run in this fall’s municipal election.

Public Works Supervisor Mike Rigg reported there have been several water line breaks in town in recent winters and each can cost several thousand dollars to fix.