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Rocky View County council approved a draft regional recreation funding model designed to assist four multi-use facilities in the area, June 14.

Wilma Parfitt, parent of a Bow Valley High School student, appealed a decision by Rocky View Schools’ Superintendent of Schools Greg Bass to allow busing options for nine Bragg Creek children to Cochrane.

Facing a large budgetary deficit, the Irricana Library is turning to local residents and businesses for help. The library recently received a $2,000 donation from local developer Nelson Yee, bringing this year’s deficit down to $3,750.91.

The ongoing strike by Canada Post employees has impacted the Airdrie City View. Due to the strike, some rural readers of the City View did not receive their copy of the newspaper’s June 17 edition.

The ATCO Gas Operations Centre in Airdrie was officially opened on June 14.

Talking to youth about drugs and alcohol is not easy, however, according to the Airdrie RCMP, it is necessary.

On June 14 at 10:30 a.m., Airdrie RCMP responded to a complaint of an armed robbery at the Real Canadian Superstore on Veterans Boulevard.

I can almost set a monthly repeat event in my electronic organizer titled ‘PC blunder results in major media story and public disgust.’ The latest head-scratcher comes courtesy of Dr.

Talking to youth about drugs and alcohol is not easy, however, according to the Airdrie RCMP, it is necessary.

The Fraser Institute’s 2011 report on Alberta high schools paints Airdrie as a city of two above-average schools with a third lagging far behind. St. Martin de Porres and George McDougall turned in 7.8 and 7.