Local News

This week’s column is about some amazing programming coming to Airdrie Public Library in May.

In Alberta RCMP jurisdictions in 2023, 280 motorcyclists and passengers were involved in a collision, with 213 injured and 18 fatally injured.

Airdrie's London Drugs store is now open for retail customers as of today, but is still not accepting new prescriptions at its pharmacy and will only have limited service on that side of things as some lingering systems problems still persist.

Belcourt is scheduled to return to court in Airdrie on May 30 for election and plea.

Strong winds, gusting up to 90 kilometres an hour, will continue to hit Airdrie throughout the day. According to Environment Canada, the northwest winds are blowing at 50 to 80 km an hour, possibly reaching up to 90.

Throughout the pandemic, provincially funded social supports were scaled back in rural Alberta. Services were consolidated. In-person offices closed. And long-running programs abruptly ended.

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.

Airdrie council will meet at 1 p.m. on May 7 for its regular council meeting.

In October 2020, Alberta’s United Conservative government announced the closure of all remaining Job Corps offices along with job cuts that affected hundreds of provincial employees in social services, agriculture, and wildfire management.

“Open Mic nights build community and culture in Airdrie. For a city with minimum live music venues (with a stage etc), there is sure a lot to talk about with this burgeoning music scene.”