Airdrie

Canada's premiers are heading into to a meeting with Prime Minister Mark Carney in Saskatoon Monday armed with their wish lists for major "nation-building" projects that could buttress the economy in the face of a U.S. trade war.

Carney asked the premiers to each pass on five suggestions for national infrastructure projects, and Monday's meeting will aim to identify the ones that will make the final cut to be fast tracked using legislation Ottawa may introduce as early as this week.

Canada Post has rejected a request from the union representing about 55,000 of its workers to send their ongoing labour dispute to binding arbitration.

The Canadian Union of Postal Workers made the request in a statement Saturday, saying it was inviting Canada Post to a fair, final and binding arbitration process to resolve negotiations that have dragged on for months without producing a new collective agreement. 

Residents who spent Saturday basking in 31°C heat may need to dig out frost covers before bed.

Environment Canada is warning of a low of plus 2°C overnight, with a risk of frost in the Airdrie region — a sharp drop of nearly 30 degrees from the day’s high.

The sudden dip comes amid a fast-moving air mass expected to clear skies after a brief chance of evening showers and thunderstorms.

As Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre argues the government's plan to speed up key infrastructure projects doesn't go far enough, some Indigenous leaders are accusing Ottawa of not giving them enough time to weigh in.

The government is developing a bill to fast-track what it calls nation-building projects with a streamlined regulatory approval process as a substitute for reviews under the Impact Assessment Act, also known as C-69.

While the federal government and cities across Canada are making strides on expanding the housing supply, the provinces still need to get serious about building quality homes, a new report released Thursday argues.

No province earned a grade higher than C+ in the report assembled by the Task Force for Housing and Climate, a non-governmental body that was struck in 2023 with backing from the philanthropic Clean Economy Fund.

The task force's "report card" evaluated governments based on their policies for building homes quickly and sustainably.

Carstairs families spent Saturday afternoon at the fire hall, taking in food, games and a double dose of firefighter action during the department's community open house.

Hundreds of neighbours packed Stonegate Field on Saturday, May 31, for the Airdrie Neighbourhood Knockout — a jam-packed, grill-fired, bounce-castled bash presented by Air 106.1 FM that transformed the neighbourhood into a full-on festival zone.

A 30-year-old man is facing multiple firearms charges after Olds RCMP executed a search warrant on a motorhome Thursday afternoon.

Police say officers responded around 3 p.m. on May 29 after receiving information that a man was in possession of an illegal handgun.

Due to the nature of the call, Olds RCMP requested assistance from the RCMP Emergency Response Team and Police Dog Services.

Mounties say a search warrant was executed, and a male was taken into custody from inside the motorhome.

Matthew Stephen Dalton, a resident of Olds, is charged with:

There will be a temporary overnight disruption of Urgent Care at the Airdrie Community Health Centre on Tuesday June 3 due to a required electrical upgrade.

According to a notice posted by the Airdrie Health Foundation from Alberta Health Services, the temporary closure will begin on Tuesday June 3 at 8 p.m. and last till Wednesday June 4 at 7 a.m.

Ottawa probably can't help overhaul how municipalities raise funds in the near future, because the federal government is now focused on major, nation-building projects, Prime Minister Mark Carney said Friday

"We're building on what has worked. We're learning lessons from what hasn't," Carney said at an event held by the Federation of Canadian Municipalities.

The group represents cities and towns that have lobbied Ottawa for years to give them more independent means of financing their operations.