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Cochrane’s RancheView School, a kindergarten to Grade 8 school opening in the community of Sunset Ridge, will not be ready for full use this September following construction delays.

Rocky View County (RVC) council carried a motion March 8 to provide the Minister of Municipal Affairs with a letter outlining the County’s position on a Growth Management Board (GMB).

Firefighters from the Cochrane Fire Department (CFD) assisted crews from Rocky View County Fire Services (RVCFS) to battle a grassfire north of Cochrane March 8, according to CFD Platoon Captain Jory Jenson.

The provincial government is seeking public and stakeholder input into the future of public transit across the province, and Rocky View Handibus Society’s Paul Siller is hoping users of the program will participate.

Cochrane RCMP is investigating a single-vehicle collision March 10 on Highway 1 near Range Road 33, according to Media Liaison Corporal Beth Hoskin. “We got a call at 3:20 a.m. of a single vehicle that had gone off the roadway,” she said.

First reading was given to adopt the proposed Langdon Area Structure Plan (ASP) at a Rocky View County (RVC) public hearing March 8.

Plans by a local chiropractor to build a health services building on land currently occupied by a residence and separate garage at 309 Main Street ran into a roadblock March 7 when Airdrie City council voted against approving a request to rezone the

Council unanimously approved a request from staff to move forward with implementing recycling at multi-family residences at its regular meeting March 7.

Kim Titus received a text from her son, Braden, about a week after he decided to go cold turkey off antidepressant pills. “ I'm f***** up,” the text read. “ Those pills hurt me more than they ever helped me.

The Nose Creek Park Off-Leash Area will now be known as the Airdrie Festival of Lights Society (AFOLS) Off-Leash Park after City council unanimously approved a request to rename the facility in honour of AFOLS on March 7.