Local News

Between Jan. 20 and Jan. 22, the Airdrie RCMP were dispatched to 13 false security alarms. Four of those alarms were businesses and nine of them residential.

Registration for the sixth annual Mayor’s Recreation for Life Run and Walk opens on Feb. 1. This year’s race will be held on June 3 at Genesis Place.

About 25 concerned parents attended a two-hour information session at Nose Creek Valley Museum in Airdrie to hear about the state of drugs in schools, Jan. 17. RCMP Const.

With temperatures plunging below -30°C last week, Alberta set a new record for electricity consumption. Citizens across the province used 10,315 Megawatts on Jan. 15 and 10,609 Megawatts on Jan. 16. This bests a record set on Dec.

A man has died from injuries after a semi truck rolled over north of Airdrie, Jan. 17. Emergency crews responded at 8:38 p.m. and worked to extricate the man from the wreckage. However, he died on scene. There were no other people in the truck.

Police are hunting for a man after a brazen daylight robbery of Crossfieldís ATB Financial bank, Jan. 18. A man entered the bank at 3:45 p.m. and demanded money from a teller. He told the employee he had a gun, although it was never produced.

About 25 concerned parents attended a two-hour information session at Nose Creek Valley Museum in Airdrie to hear about the state of drugs in schools, Jan. 17. RCMP Const.

The majority of Rocky View schools closed their doors, Jan. 18. Temperatures reached severely cold levels in the early morning, hitting -36∞C, with wind chills approaching -45∞C.

Beginning in March, the Cochrane Humane Society (CAS) will be the only shelter in southern Alberta to offer the new Positive Approach Canine Education (PACE) Program.

Chestermere Utilities Incorporated (CUI) has a new chief executive officer. Fred Clarke, Chestermere Utilities Incorporated chairman, said he is pleased to announce the appointment of Paul Blaha to the position.