Rocky View News

The Rocky View Schools (RVS) Board of Trustees set its budget priorities heading into the 2023-24 school year during its Feb. 9 meeting, fully aligning its financial priorities to its four-year strategic plan.

Rocky View County (RVC) will hear a presentation on Feb. 21 from MacDonald Communities on the state of its Cochrane Lake Revitalization Plan. The motion to hear the update was brought forward by Mayor Crystal Kissel and Div. 7 Coun.

The Airdrie Mayor's Night of the Arts returned to Bert Church Live Theatre on Feb. 11, bringing a wide variety of performers to the stage. The night also saw a few awards doled out to members of the city's arts community.

While there has been a massive increase in connections and customers over the last six years, Koole said the County is keeping up with demand, at least for the moment.

One of Airdrie Public Library’s (APL) core values is intellectual freedom, and we celebrate this through our annual participation in the national Freedom to Read Week, which is to be held this year from Feb. 19 to 25.

The community of Bragg Creek is finally set to get a new local tourism hub in the coming years, after Rocky View County (RVC) council approved a development permit for a new micro-brewery, coffee roastery, boutique hotel, pub and eating establishment

“We have songwriters in the hamlet, we have heaps of musicians, and you can bring your own backing vocals in,” Dallyn shared.

“It’s kind of like our spin on blind dating,” said ¡Glitch! Gaming’s co-owner and self-professed “director of awesomeness” Tracy Wright. 

A dispute over the future of the Beiseker Airport may be set to blow sky high, as a group of current tenants at the local airfield intend to challenge a recent 240 per cent rent increase from the Village.

“It’s just a dedicated group of kids that has such a passion for it and they want to be there.”