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Some modular classrooms in use providing additional capacity to Rocky View Schools (RVS) will be moved for the 2016/17 school years, pending approval from the Government of Alberta, in anticipation of increased student growth.

The Ghost Valley community is hoping to educate its downstream neighbours with a special presentation from wildlife biologist and writer Karsten Heuer, ‘Why Wildness Matters,’ on Oct. 21 from 7 to 9 p.m. at Parkdale United Church in Calgary.

Who or what is responsible for a string of suspicious fires in October in Rocky View County (RVC) and Airdrie is still under investigation, however, RCMP is treating them as arson.

Nathan Cooper, Wildrose MLA for Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills, will be bringing his office temporarily to the communities of Irricana and Beiseker sometime in the new year.

On Oct. 13, a redesignation was approved by Rocky View County (RVC) council on land located southwest of Cochrane, west of Range Road 51 on the north side of Township Road 252.

Despite a recommendation for refusal from Rocky View County (RVC) administration, council voted 5-3 to approve a subdivision within Glendale Estates, east of the Town of Cochrane and within the Bearspaw Area Structure Plan (BASP).

The Beiseker Fire Department received a 1983 water tender on Oct. 14, which is a vast improvement on what the municipality has now, after a unanimous vote by Rocky View County (RVC) council on Oct. 13 to donate it to the Village.

Rocky View Schools (RVS) enrolment numbers are in for the 2015/16 school year. Total RVS enrolments increased by 974 students from last year, for a total of 21,567 students. The biggest gains were seen in Cochrane (up 11.

Some modular classrooms in use providing additional capacity to Rocky View Schools (RVS) will be moved for the 2016/17 school years in anticipation of increased student growth, pending approval from the Government of Alberta.

Rocky View County (RVC) council unanimously approved Mountain View County's request for written approval to consult and negotiate with landowners for a potential road-widening project along Township Road 292 (between Range Road 22 East and Range Road