Local News

Rocky View County is under a fire ban for the second time in as many weeks after a heat wave recently hit the area. The ban went into effect at 4 p.m. on Sept. 7 and will remain in place until further notice, according to County fire staff.

The Airdrie Boys and Girls Club officially opened its 6,000-square foot facility at the Ron Ebbesen Arena, Sept. 3. “It’s been a longtime getting here.

Previously unknown site conditions, leeching ground water, crumbling masonry walls and unforeseen soil conditions are the main reasons for a three-week delay of the Plainsmen Arena, according to a report from Corporate Services to City council, Sept.

Airdrie’s annexation application has been given approval by both Rocky View County and City council and was submitted to the Municipal Government Board (MGB) on Sept. 9.

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.