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With Breast Cancer Awareness Month underway, employees of Flower Whispers in Airdrie have created a new, pink floral arrangement in honour of the store's owner, Louise Bowes, who is currently battling the disease.

After a signature event was cancelled earlier this summer, members of the Airdrie 4H Beef Club turned the setback into a chance to give back to the community.

An Airdrie teenager channelled his creativity to make a difference for a neglected wolfdog that lives at Yamnuska Wolfdog Sanctuary (YWS). Evan Pierson, 14, said he was inspired to help Horton – an Irish wolfhound that was rescued by YWS from abuse and

Family, friends and fellow veterans gathered at an acreage in Rocky View County, just west of Airdrie to recognize the service of 100-year-old veteran Bill Ward. “[It was] wonderful,” Ward said. “A much bigger deal than expected.”

Crossfield residents got their first impressions of the three people running in the town’s Oct. 19 byelection at a candidates’ forum Sept. 22.