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Each October, fire departments across the province adopt messaging with aims to reduce dangerous incidents during Fire Prevention Week.

RCMP and the Town of Irricana are working together to build an awareness campaign concerning the issue of vehicles left unlocked in the community. Beiseker RCMP Sergeant Glenn Demmon informed Town council during its Oct.

Thanks to an anonymous $300,000 donation, Rocky View Schools (RVS) has embarked on a research and pilot project - dubbed Present for a Purpose - to look at why kids miss school and what can be done to help them consistently get to classes.

Citing continued population growth as a significant factor, Rocky View Schools (RVS) released its latest attendance figures Oct. 6. RVS Director of Planning and Facilities Collette Winter told the Board of Trustees attendance was up 5.

Editor’s Note: The following is part two in our two-part series on sex, Internet safety and kids. Part one, an examination of social media, instant communication and exploitation online, was published in the Sept. 29 edition of the Airdrie City View.

The Province increased the minimum wage to $12.20 for all Albertans Oct. 1. The increase is part of the Province’s plan to increase the minimum wage to $15 in 2018 and eliminate the lower wage for liquor servers. Before Oct.

The long-debated Animal Control Bylaw was finally passed by City council Oct. 3 – but not before more debate and a successful motion to “reconsider” the bylaw.

Plans for a major redevelopment of Airdrie’s downtown, known as The Square, came to a screeching halt Oct. 3 when the board of Airdrie Main Street Square (AMSQ) voted to move all decisions on the project to the purview of City council.

Airdrie RCMP officers are looking for a man who robbed a liquor store on Yankee Valley Boulevard at approximately 10:30 p.m. Sept. 26.

The group hoping to build a health park and bring co-operative healthcare to Airdrie presented an outline of its plans to City council Oct. 3.