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Last week, the Fraser Institute published its annual report card on Alberta elementary schools, potentially for the last time as the Alberta government looks into changing province-wide testing.

Rocky View Schools (RVS) donated $1,000 to the Airdrie Food Bank in recognition of 18 years of service and assistance with R.J. Hawkey’s breakfast program, Feb. 15. “The Airdrie Food Bank has been instrumental in providing thousands of R.J.

Local residents are frustrated with the governmentís response to the property rights task force recommendations, released Feb. 21. ìThey are just throwing us some bones,î said Crossfield-area landowner Grant Budgeon.

Rocky View Countyís planning department presented 28 amendments for the Land Use Bylaw (LUB) to councillors, Feb. 21.

Crossfieldís new reservoir project on Laut Ave. will required an additional $106,000 in reserve funds. The project, which is slated to be completed Aug. 1 and cost approximately $6.

Council has decided to wait for the results of the Inventory Study currently being conducted by Dillon Consulting before finalizing the Townís capital budget. The report is expected to be finished in April.

A Cessna 206 Amphibian airplane caught fire in-flight and made a safe landing at Springbank Airport with three male passengers escaping unharmed, Feb. 17.

The County has a new tool in its belt. The Bragg Creek Master Drainage Plan (BCMDP), completed by MPE Engineering, provides guidance and recommendations for how stormwater should be dealt with in areas of future growth.

Gravel operators looking to do business in Rocky View will now have to submit a Master Site Development Plan (MSDP) as part of land-use approval applications. Councillors directed staff to impose the added layer to the Countyís process on Feb. 21.

Unfortunately, the premierís response to her own property rights task force comes as no surprise to us. After meeting with hundreds of Albertans in January, the task force released its report detailing what it heard, over and over, from residents.