Local News

In the Aug, 5 edition of the Airdrie City View, the story “Airdrie council decreases transit service for seniors,” the story read that council approved an amendment to the ACCESS Airdrie paratransit system and that the service will be reduced from tw

Airdrie played host to nine international gymnastics teams over the weekend with athletes competing from countries like Georgia, Brazil and Switzerland, but one team spent a bit more time in Airdrie than the others.

RCMP stopped a stolen BMW near Didsbury on Highway 2, resulting in the arrest of three youth allegedly connected with a spate of break-ins, July 12. The Airdrie break-ins took place over a five-day span between July 8 and 12.

Trevor Bacque Rocky View Publishing Airdrie residents driving into Calgary for emergency and clinic-based health care will now be able to learn their expected wait time before leaving the house.

Sometime between July 10 and 11, a suspect stole a speedboat and trailer worth more than $60,000, from 12 East Lake Way. The boat is described as a 2008 SVFARA SV3 with red and white colouring. The serial number of the stolen boat is CAQHZB0279D808.

Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills constituents will have a chance to meet Wildrose leader Danielle Smith and her party’s candidate, Beiseker Mayor Bruce Rowe, Aug. 5.

Beiseker resident Roxann Quast approached council to ask what could be done about weeds and gophers on vacant land neighbouring her property in the village’s southeast. The vacant land’s owner does not live in the community.

Rocky View County council approved an additional $1 million to cover a budget shortfall for snow and ice control and flood mitigation. Last winter, maintenance crews were faced with extreme conditions and unusually large amounts of precipitation.