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The SMARTStart program – which pairs mentors with local entrepreneurs – completed its second session, producing 11 graduates from nine local businesses.

Rocky View Schools (RVS) is set to invest close to $4 million in technology upgrades in the next three years, including more than $1 million currently budgeted for the 2015/16 school year.

An animal rescue group is hoping to find more foster homes in the Airdrie area to take in senior pets – the ones who are most at risk.

In Airdrie, North Rocky View Community Links (NRVCL) offers programs and resources for families involved in the cycle of family violence.

Alberta seniors are being encouraged to stay active in order to prevent injuries from falls as part of the Finding Balance campaign, an annual initiative co-ordinated by the Injury Prevention Centre.

A marijuana grow operation on a rural property in Rocky View County near Balzac was brought down by Airdrie Rural RCMP Nov. 5, according to a release issued by Airdrie Rural RCMP Constable Matthew Gervais.

RCMP in Strathmore, with the assistance of the Strathmore RCMP Crime Reduction Unit, Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit “Green Team” and the RCMP Police Dog Services made a large drug bust at a rural property north of Langdon on Nov.

A 23-year-old man from Calgary is facing four counts under the Canadian Criminal Code after causing a head-on collision Oct. 31, which seriously injured two people.

Summer jobs for students may be easier to come by next year thanks to the return of the Summer Temporary Employment Program (STEP), which was axed by the former Progressive Conservative government in 2013.

Beiseker RCMP arrested and charged two individuals in two separate cases involving stolen vehicles, according to a statement released by Sergeant Glen Demmon. Terry Lee Oshiro, 37, of the Red Deer area was arrested Oct.