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The Airdrie and District Agricultural Society was hoping for a more affordable option for water and sewer for the proposed Agricultural and Recreational Park but was turned down by City council Oct. 3.

City council voted to increase FortisAlberta franchise fees from five per cent to eight per cent, Oct. 3.

Inside a busy Airdrie day care, Wildrose Party leader Danielle Smith read to children from The Busy Little Squirrel, Oct. 3.

Wild Rose Member of Parliament Blake Richards will be doing his best to support and promote Canada in his new position as chair of the Parliamentary Tourism Caucus.

Disguising or concealing one’s face during a riot would become a Criminal Code offence if a Private Member’s Bill introduced Oct. 3 by Wild Rose Member of Parliament Blake Richards becomes law.

A student at the Edge School for Athletes could face criminal charges after he wrote a note threatening to murder everyone in the school with a machine gun except his friend, Sept. 28.

Rocky View County Council rejected subdivision application that proposed splitting two acres off of a seven-acre parcel in Bearspaw, Sept. 27. The land, located 4.

A group of northwest Rocky View residents have banded together to raise awareness about hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, in the Lochend area.

A woman who was last seen Sept. 23 was found at home in her Three Hills residence, Sept. 29. A friend advised Sarah Lee Labrecque that the police were searching for her and she contacted authorities from her home.

Rocky View County has obtained a licence for an additional 8,400 cubic metres of water per day in the Conrich area, more than doubling its previous capacity. County council agreed to pay $750,000 to the Western Irrigation District (WID), Sept.