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March marks fraud prevention month and with it the Better Business Bureau (BBB) has released its list of the top 10 scams in 2016.

An Airdrie family is pleading for the safe return of a insulin pump after it was stolen from the locker room of Rob Ebbesen Arena March 2.

Results from the City of Airdrie’s annual Citizens Satisfaction Survey were presented to council March 6, and while overall satisfaction has remained high at 91 per cent, it has declined somewhat from 2016 when it was 96 per cent.

Alberta’s struggling economy is having an impact on business growth in Airdrie, according to City of Airdrie officials; however, the news isn’t completely grim.

Alberta Premier Rachel Notley announced March 2 the province has drafted a bill to change how school fees are paid for students in the province’s public, separate and francophone schools.

Planning for the opening of new schools in Airdrie and Cochrane this September is well underway, according to Rocky View Schools (RVS) Superintendent of Schools Greg Luterbach.

Cochrane residents are being asked to offer feedback into the social health and recreation services currently offered within the town.

March marks fraud prevention month and with it the Better Business Bureau (BBB) has released its list of the top 10 scams in 2016.

Duane Redelback, 48, was sentenced to 15 years in prison after pleading guilty Feb. 23 to the lesser charge of manslaughter in connection with the 2006 death of his common-law wife, Airdrie resident Ruth Degayo.

Seventeen years ago, Canadian music fans fell in love with a spectacular album released by Matthew Good Band, Beautiful Midnight. I was one of them.