Local News

The bridge on Tower Lane Drive will be closed daily from 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. for two weeks starting Jan. 3, due to creek clean-up operations near the bridge.

Thousands of bargain hunters braved crowds at CrossIron Mills mall during Boxing Week, inspiring optimism for retailers in 2011.

Wild Rose MP Blake Richards will host a pre-budget consultation in Airdrie, Jan 11. Residents can meet with the MP and tell him what is important to them and how the government should move forward in 2012 from 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m.

A lifesaving form of information is now available in Rocky View County. The Capsule of Life is a small container of double-sided forms that residents fill in with personal, medical information.

Just prior to Christmas, Premier Stelmach warned Albertans that it was possible his government may not balance our Province’s budget by 2013 as promised.

Wild Rose constituents can have their say about the upcoming federal budget. MP Blake Richards is hosting a series of open houses in January to gather suggestions on erasing this year’s projected $45.4-billion deficit.

As 2010 comes to a close and we begin the new year, Canadians find time to reflect on past accomplishments and focus on achieving their next set of goals.

Irricana’s engineers, Andy Tenhem and Troy McNeill attended council to discuss the 2010 overview of the town’s infrastructure identifying immediate and long term needs. Projecting population growth of 2.

Rick Butler, Rocky View County’s deputy reeve, died after a skiing accident at the Nakiska Mountain Resort on Dec. 26. Butler, councillor for Division 1, was with family at the resort when he hit a tree and sustained a chest injury.

The Better Business Bureau (BBB) of Alberta and East Kootenays is warning people of a new phone scam. A person posing as a BBB or chamber of commerce member calls asked employees if the business is planning to relocate.