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The Beiseker Fire Department will soon be getting a new fire rescue unit, thanks to a generous donation. Encana gave the department $20,000 towards replacing the aged unit, May 31. “It has been a long anticipated wait.

Last week, our Conservative government introduced the Canadian Wheat Board Payments and Election Reform Act (Bill C-27) to strengthen the farmers voice within the Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) and streamline the process required to deliver payments to p

Rocky View County was named Alberta’s best community for business in Alberta Venture magazine’s June edition. The County rated first out of 30 in the magazine’s 2010 Best Communities for Business survey.

Seven area high schools are ranked in the top 100 schools in Alberta, according to the Fraser Institute’s Report Card on Alberta’s High Schools 2010. Springbank Community High School ranked 12 overall and Edge School in Springbank came in at 18.

Rocky View County council rescinded the need for conceptual schemes for seven development applications in the Bearspaw area, June 8. The applications are for infill residential developments of between one and 15 lots.

A group of West Rocky View residents is circulating a petition asking the provincial government to form a new municipality.

On June 5 at about 4:15 p.m., Cochrane RCMP responded to a single vehicle rollover collision on Highway, 1 about seven kilometres west of Highway 22. A black Toyota Corolla was travelling east when it was cut off by a red Jeep.

It’s been a long road for Kevin Peterson, but his development, Mackenas Country Estates, will soon be a reality.

Rocky View County Reeve Lois Habberfield announced the formation of a special task force to help define the direction of growth in Rocky View County, July 6.

Airdrie City council endorsed changes to the master site plan for the Kingsview Market, June 7. Council approved the original plan for Kingsview Market, a 30-acre commercial development on Yankee Valley Boulevard and Kingsview Boulevard, in 2005.