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Council turned down an application to subdivide a 16-acre parcel into seven two-acre parcels in Blazer Estates Ridge, 0.4 kilometres east of Bearspaw Village Road, July 27.

Council unanimously approved a controversial wastewater treatment facility in Bragg Creek, July 27.

Council unanimously approved a conceptual scheme for an industrial development on two sections of land in the East Balzac area, July 27.

Ducks Unlimited Canada is pushing for farmers to keep their tillage equipment out of their fields if they plan on seeding winter wheat.

The federal and provincial government are providing funds through AgriRecovery for Alberta crop producers dealing with losses due to excess moisture and flooding.

Reeve Lois Habberfield is in for the long run. After three terms on council, Habberfield is letting her name stand again.

The most popular alderman in the last municipal election will not be running this fall. In 2007, Shawn Howard received 1,849 votes, 161 votes more than the next in line Marlene Weaver.

It will contribute $3.5 trillion to Canada’s Gross Domestic Product over the next 25 years. The royalties it pays the provinces to explore for resources will total $429 billion in that same period.

More than a thousand women and men took to Calgary streets on July 24 and 25, walking together in the sixth annual Weekend to End Women’s Cancers benefiting the Alberta Cancer Foundation. About 1,114 participants raised more than $2.

An Airdrie youth was recently recognized through the Direct Energy Volunteer Citizen of the Year Award program. Kristen Dyck, 18, has volunteered with the R.J. Hawkey Elementary School breakfast program at the Airdrie Food Bank for three years.