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Liberal MP Kody Blois says to expect more high-level visits to China, as Canada tries working out a trade spat targeting Canadian canola.

Blois is the parliamentary secretary to Prime Minister Mark Carney, and he joined Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe on a visit to China earlier this month to advocate for Beijing to drop its tariffs on Canadian canola.

China imposed significant tariffs on Canadian canola this year following Ottawa's move to match U.S. tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles.

The Alberta government and the teachers’ union are back at the bargaining table with under three weeks to go before a possible provincewide strike.

Finance Minister Nate Horner’s office confirmed in a Friday statement that bargaining with the Alberta Teachers' Association has resumed and the government is presenting its deal.

The union, in an update to its members Thursday, said the government's deal will be a response to the union's latest proposal tabled last week. Union president Jason Schilling hasn't said what the latest offer includes.

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Heather Spearman says her four years on council — and encouragement from residents — make her the right candidate to lead Airdrie as mayor. 

“Most of the people who have come up to me since my announcement, or who were asking me to announce, were people who said, ‘You are the change. You are the new face. Now you’ve got one term under your belt. You were not part of the issues; we believe in you. We think you can take this council in a new direction’," she said in an interview on Sept. 15 with DiscoverAirdrie.  

Traffic lights at the southbound highway exit onto Yankee Valley Boulevard malfunctioned Friday morning.

The signals affecting east- and westbound turns off the highway were reported to the City of Airdrie, and crews were called to repair the issue.

Traffic had backed up in the area while the outage was being addressed.

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Environment Canada is forecasting near-record heat in Airdrie on Saturday, days before the official start of fall.

Crawford Luke, meteorologist with Environment and Climate Change Canada, said the forecast high is 28 °C — almost double the seasonal normal of 15 °C.

Airdrie’s mayoral ballot grew again Thursday, with Dylan Harty becoming the fifth name on the list — though no further details were immediately available on the City’s register.

Harty joins Usman Mahmood, Dave Douglass, and incumbent councillors Tina Petrow and Heather Spearman in the race for the mayor’s chair.

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Yesterday, Rocky View Schools (RVS) provided an update on current enrollment numbers in the school division.

Superintendent of RVS, Ryan Reed, provided the update, sharing that as of Wednesday, enrollment across RVS is 29,489.

That number is a slight decrease from the 29,617 reported on September 3 at the first RVS Board of Trustees meeting.

Reed explained why the division might have seen a decrease.

"Schools are asked by September 12 that if students haven't shown up, they remove them from their system."

The annual Airdrie Food Bank City-wide Food Drive is returning to the city tomorrow.

Christine Arsenault, Marketing and Communications Manager for the food bank, spoke to DiscoverAirdrie about the event and why it is important for them.

"This is our largest food drive of the year, and this helps us get to Christmas, and the holiday time where donations are larger, and then helps us extend through to the spring, when our donations are a little bit lower, that time of year."

Rocky View County (RVC) is working to secure future opportunities for Artificial Intelligence (AI) data centre developments that align with community priorities and local needs.

According to RVC, to facilitate regional AI projects, the County has established broader growth strategies and regulatory review processes that provide transparent public engagement.

According to the county, steps taken to attract and approve appropriate projects include: