Local News

For the third year in a row, Airdronians are being encouraged to join the Highland Primary Care Network (HPCN) Health Challenge.

A fire that started in grass on a farm between Delacour and Conrich March 29 eventually destroyed two outbuildings and some farm equipment before crews could get it under control. The blaze started just after 12:30 p.m.

The rate of students hospitalized as a result of intentionally harming themselves jumped significantly, more than doubling from 2009 to 2014, according to a report from Statistics Canada.

An Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for the Springbank Off-Stream Reservoir (SR1) project is now underway, despite continued opposition from area residents.

More than 5,000 Chestermere residents are calling on the Province to investigate their mayor and council – and they want answers, said resident Laurie Bold. “Something’s not right,” she said.

Residents of Irricana can expect a reissued and reduced January/February water bill following a special meeting March 29, in which Town council rescinded a previous motion that raised the water rate from $3.022 per cubic metre to $4.677.

A 19-year-old man and a 28-year-old woman, both residents of Langdon, were killed March 26 in a two-vehicle collision on Highway 757, approximately two kilometres south of Highway 1, according to Strathmore RCMP Sergeant Steve Vince.

Rocky View County residents were given the opportunity to provide input on the upcoming physician-assisted dying legislation at an open house on March 29 in Redwood Meadows with John Barlow, Member of Parliament for Foothills.

Rocky View County (RVC) council approved funding requests to support capital projects within the Bragg Creek area through the Rocky View West Recreation District Board.

An Irricana farmstead has been steadily reconnecting Alberta’s dinner tables to the farm by building a locally sourced and sustainable operation, raising all natural, free-range pigs.