Rocky View News

The Airdrie Stars Athletic Association will be gearing up for a good cause over the next two weekends, with nearly 50 youth hockey teams taking the ice to raise money and donations for the Airdrie Food Bank.

Exercise in community spirit.

“Not all youth are part of every sports team or doing all of the other extracurriculars, but they know they want to be doing something, and volunteering or acts of service is such a beautiful way for them to feel that connection to their peers and to their community."

According to Calgary media reports, a Cochrane resident, Craig Campbell, has a doberman named Night to thank for saving him from a grizzly attack on a hiking trail off of Horse Creek Rd on May 2.

The Western Irrigation District (WID) stated the recent conditions has provided a much more positive outlook on their irrigation season compared to a month ago. 

Rocky View County (RVC) recently released an Agricultural Sector Profile developed by the County’s Economic Development department to assist with investment attraction, business retention, and expansion of the agriculture sector in the County.

Opponents of a provincial government proposal to build a dam on the Bow River just east of Cochrane are having trouble understanding why the project has even remained a possibility this long.

Less than one per cent of sarcoma diagnosis, which equates to only 200 world wide, have received the diagnosis of CIC – Rearranged Sarcoma, and Katie is one of them, according to a press release.

With the announcement of the provincial governments Bill 20, many of Alberta's rural leaders are joining the chorus of opposition to the province's sweeping amendments to the Municipal Government Act (MGA).

The provincial government could save a lot of time and money by just abandoning the feasibility study of a flood/drought mitigation project, according to a townhall in Cochrane.