Local News

Last week, Paul Stanway (Premier Stelmach’s former Communications Director) blamed the opposition for the Alberta government’s failure to fix health care.

RVS was forced to draw from reserve funds to balance this year’s budget after discovering a staff error in the 2010 budget.

Trustees endorsed a financial audit of Rocky View Schools by Doloitte & Touche LLP, Dec. 2. The statement detailed the school board’s $2.159 million surplus and its report will be submitted to Alberta Education.

The busiest retail season of the year is here and with the increase in financial transactions comes an increase in opportunities for fraud.

The community is rallying around the family of a man who was severely injured in a single-vehicle crash on Dec. 1 on 8th Street and Windsong Drive. Nathan Schmidt, 39, was on his way home from his job in Calgary at about 4:20 p.m.

Airdrie RCMP has shut down six marijuana grow operations in the past two months. On Dec. 2, the Airdrie RCMP executed a search warrant at a house in Morningside.

Sometime between Nov. 20 and Nov. 21, an unknown man entered the Encana well site located on Range Road 253 and Township Road 270, near Irricana, and stole an enclosed white cargo trailer valued at $30,000.

Rocky View County is encouraging area farmers to order shelterbelt trees soon to prepare for planting next spring.

City council approved a security alarm systems bylaw that would charge residents and business owners for false alarms, Dec. 6.

After receiving the appropriate approvals from Rocky View County, Mountain View Credit Union announced that it will be opening a new branch in Langdon. The announcement came from Bob Marshall, Mountain View’s president, Nov. 29.