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City council voted in support of the Kosovo Unit (Airdrie) Canadian Army Veterans Motorcycle Unit’s proposal to erect crosses in memory of the fallen soldiers in Airdrie and the surrounding area.

Rocky View School’s trustees and administrators have made their three-year plan more easily understandable for parents.

Parents will gain access to their children’s learning like never before this school year. Sept. 6 marked the beginning of Rocky View Schools’ (RVS) inclusion on Pearson PowerSchool, a streamlined information sharing system.

A storage unit in the basement parkade of Bayside Road, located in The Breeze condominiums, was the scene of a robbery, Aug. 31, according to Airdrie RCMP. Suspects entered the storage container by bending the lock off the main unit.

Rocky View County is looking for input from residents about traffic concerns in the community of Sharp Hill, located southeast of Airdrie. The move was motivated by a number of complaints fielded about the volume and speed of traffic in the area.

Cochrane RCMP and Calgary’s General Investigation Section and the Major Crime Section are investigating an aggravated assault that took place near Morley, Aug. 26. A 41-year-old man, Daniel Byron Twoyoungmen, went missing Aug. 24.

Rocky View County is hosting an open house to seek public input on its proposed new planning application process. The meeting will take place Sept. 14 from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the County’s administration building, located at 911 32 Ave NE, Calgary.

A study released by two University of Alberta researchers has concluded newspapers are missing a key opportunity to partner with agricultural safety associations in preventing accidents.

Drivers in Rocky View County need to hang up or pay up. Under the new Traffic Safety Act introduced Sept. 1, Bill 16 has legislated people must put cell phones down, stop fiddling with GPS devices and discontinue grooming while driving.

Locals and tourists can experience a whole new way of travelling in the Boomtown Trail area, with the release of a new, GPS-based app for the iPad and iPhone.