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Alberta’s new minister of environment and water, Diana McQueen, said her department will be taking a careful look at water allocation, wetlands, groundwater and monitoring. McQueen, appointed to the ministry on Oct.

Criminal charges are pending against two different drivers as a result of separate incidents that occurred on Highway 2 near Airdrie. The first incident occurred on Nov. 15 at 10:55 a.m.

Several Bearspaw residents living close to gravel pits shared concern about dust, noise and traffic with Rocky View County councillors at an Infrastructure and Operations meeting, Nov. 15.

According to a new Farm Credit Canada (FCC) Farmland Values Report, the average value of farmland in Alberta increased by four per cent during the first half of 2011.

Rocky View County’s Agricultural Master Plan (AMP) is nearing completion and several residents offered opinions to councillors about the draft document at a public services meeting, Nov. 15.

Three people have entered the race to become the new Progressive Conservative candidate for the Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills constituency, which includes the towns of Crossfield, Irricana and Beiseker, Darcy Davis, Al Kemmere and William Stevenson are a

Wild Rose MP Blake Richards is in support of a bill before Parliament looking to repeal a problematic section of the Canadian Human Rights Act. Brian Storseth, MP for Westlock-St. Paul, brought forth the private member’s bill for second reading Nov.

Canada’s only elected senator faced criticism last week after public government documents revealed he was the Senate’s biggest spender during the last fiscal year.

Rocky View councillors directed staff to work with the City of Airdrie to put up “Local Traffic Only” signs to limit traffic through the Sharp Hill area, Nov. 15.

Several students, along with their teacher, from Springbank Middle School were awarded an achievement plaque for their involvement with Destination ImagiNation (DI) at the Rocky View Schools’ (RVS) board of trustees meeting, Nov. 17.