Tim Kalinowski

“Religions have kind of been seen as opposing each other,” said Farhat. “People have had misconceptions that religions cannot get along – that religions fight, and don’t bring peace, but bring violence. “(However) all religions have more commonalities (than differences), and have the same root at the base. They are peaceful. Everyone can sit together and talk about it.”

W.H. Croxford Leadership students will be spending 24 hours at the school this Friday and Saturday to raise funds for local causes, and to create awareness of the importance of youth mental health during its Movement for Mental Health event.

In Good Voice: The Airdrie Rotary Music Festival is in full swing at the Polaris Centre for the Performing Arts in Balzac. The big wrap up galas for the two-week festival is on Saturday.

Airdronian Ryan Straschnitzki, now 24, has his sites set on a new paralympic sledge hockey dream after receiving groundbreaking spinal surgery in 2019.

Locals came from far and near to celebrate "Spring Fling" at Beaupré Community Hall just northeast of Cochrane on March 25. The event featured food, live music, a hayride, broomball, games and a petting zoo among the attractions.

ACTS (Artists of the Crossfield Theatre Society) put on two showings of its original play 'Objectionable Conduct' on March 24 and 25. The courthouse comedy included some audience participation, good food and good fun.

The Rocky View County (RVC) Agricultural Services Board (ASB) received an update from provincial government representative Kellie Jackson during a meeting on March 15.

Rocky View County resident Lee Irvine was re-elected to his second two-year term as a director-at-large for the Alberta Beef Producers (ABP) back on March 1.

The Airdrie Oilmen's Association's White Collar Boxing fundraiser was held on March 23 at the Palace Theatre in downtown Calgary. Members of the association and others who have been training for the bouts since January duked it out in the ring for a good cause.

The Rocky View Schools (RVS) Board of Trustees identified it main capital priorities for 2024 during its March 23 meeting, but admitted they were largely uncertain if the province would come through on any new capital funding in the next year.