Local News

Local ranches raised four of the top-selling animals in the Calgary Bull Sale, Feb. 29 to March 1 at the Calgary Stampede grounds. The top-selling Hereford came from S. Nixdorff & Sons of Airdrie and went for $25,000 to Fenton Hereford Ranch Inc.

City council tabled an amendment to a security alarm bylaw for the second time, March 5. The bylaw would change the local legislation to include a false alarm fee for all calls that are dispatched whether an officer attends or not.

The top concerns facing Airdrie residents are education and the lack of space in schools, according to the Citizen Satisfaction Survey conducted Jan. 11 to 17.

For the first time in two years, Rocky View Schools (RVS) will increase its annual school resources and materials fees.

Hundreds of current students, alumni, teachers, parents and community members gathered on the plot of land that will see the new Airdrie Koinonia Christian School built, just north of Superstore, March 2.

The westside fire hall is expected to be operational by March 10.

City council approved the AirdrieONE Sustainability Plan on March 5.

Airdrie Airdrie residents recycle significantly more than other Albertans. According to Kathleen Muretti, manager of waste and recycling with the City, the average Airdrie household threw out 470 kilograms of waste in 2011.

Old Man Winter has returned, shaking his fist full of snowflakes over southern Alberta and blanketing much of the Airdrie region this past week. Environment Canada reported 40 centimetres fell in Airdrie causing traffic chaos.

Airdrie will have a new RCMP officer in the domestic violence unit this spring.