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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.

City council approved its strategic priorities for 2011 on June 7.

Property tax notices were mailed to Airdrie households May 28 and many residents do not understand how the numbers are derived.

At 11:27 a.m. on June 8, the Airdrie RCMP responded to a 911 call regarding a home invasion that had occurred in a residence on Springdale Circle.

Over the past several months, I’ve documented how self-serving political considerations prior to the 2008 provincial election guided the placement of 32 new schools across Alberta landing many schools in places with significantly less need, while hig

Two Airdrie high schools are in the top 50 schools in Alberta, according to the Fraser Institute’s Report Card on Alberta’s High Schools 2010. Airdrie Koinonia Christian School ranked 29 and St. Martin de Porres High School came in at 44.

Two sets of Bert Church students won gold in this year’s Skills Alberta competition in May. One team went on to win first place in Skills Canada.

Alberta’s education minister released a report June 2, outlining a vision for Kindergarten to Grade 12 education over the next 20 years. The report was created by a 22-person steering committee and took 18 months to complete.

New Chamber of Commerce president Mike De Bokx means business. On May 19, De Bokx was elected as the new president and he plans to be the voice of the Chamber on both a municipal and provincial level.