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After running for Rocky View County council’s Division 8 seat in the 2013 election and narrowly losing to former councillor Al Sacuta, Bearspaw resident Eric Lowther is hoping to win the seat in the Nov. 16 byelection.

Editor's Note: To hear more from your Division 8 candidates, the potential councillors are scheduled to participate in an all candidates forum Nov. 13 at 6:30 p.m. at the Bearspaw Lifestyle Centre's Banquet Hall.

Airdrie business owners can soon apply for grants from the Government of Alberta as part of a new program intended to create jobs during a period of economic instability. According to a release issued Nov.

The street use of opioids like fentanyl is a growing issue in Alberta, according to Dr. Nick Etches, medical officer for the Calgary Zone with Alberta Health Services (AHS). “It’s an issue we’ve been working on for quite a while now,” he said.

Airdrie City council meetings will start one hour earlier beginning Nov. 13 after council members approved the change at the organizational meeting on Oct. 26. The public section of the meeting will now begin at 6 p.m.

The City of Airdrie’s newest water treatment plant located in the southwest neighbourhood of Windsong has been in operation for approximately two months, but was only unveiled to dignitaries and members of the press on Nov. 2.

Airdrie RCMP alleges a couple walked out of the Sobeys grocery store on Mackenzie Way S.W. without paying the bill on Oct. 5.

The first step towards City council’s approval of the City’s 2016 General Operating and Capital Infrastructure budgets was taken Nov. 3 when Director of Corporate Services Lucy Wiwcharuk presented a broad overview of the proposed budgets.

Two properties in Airdrie will soon be on the auction block after the owners failed to pay their taxes. Airdrie City council approved setting reserve bids for both properties at its Nov. 3 meeting.

After three months of renovations, that resulted in its temporary closure, the Genesis Place Recreation Centre pool area finally re-opened its doors to the public on Nov. 1. The three-month project began Aug. 1 and officially wrapped up Oct.