Local News

An 18-year-old Airdrie man has been arrested following a break and enter. Police allege Ryan Marsland broke into an Airdrie residence on Aug. 31 with a sleeping female resident inside the house. She called police who responded at about 11:15 p.m.

As part of a campaign against excessive credit card charges, the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) released a list of the country’s most expensive cards, last week. Typically, businesses are charged 1.

The city’s industrial base is poised to expand, after a national acrylic manufacturing company announced plans to open a 150,000-square-foot facility in Airdrie, Sept. 13. Mirolin Industries Corp.

The Canadian Agriculture Producers (CAP) will be moving into its 26th year of teaching urban and rural Grade 4 students about farming and ranching.

Rocky View County council postponed a decision, Sept. 6, regarding the Rocky View/Calgary Intermunicipal Development Plan (IDP) pending a legal review by the municipality’s lawyers.

The Irricana, Kathryn, Beiseker, Keoma (IKBK) Minor Ball Association will soon be completing upgrades to the ball diamonds in Irricana. Rocky View County council approved $10,000 in recreation funding, Sept.

Many of Rocky View’s youth are gearing up for another year of 4-H.

Irricana now has a permanent chief administrative officer, as council decided in a closed meeting, Sept. 6, to hire acting CAO Alvin Melton.

Councillor Larry Martin gave a report on a recent Handi Bus meeting he attended in Beiseker.

Rocky View Schools were in session Sept. 6, however, Bearspaw School was closed because of a power outage. Teachers working in the school Sept. 5 called principal Dorothy Dyer to let her know the power had gone out.