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Chinook’s Edge School Division is excited to welcome 48 new teachers for the 2024-25 school year.

According to a press release, The group includes teachers who are new to the profession, teachers who are new to Chinook’s Edge, and teachers who joined Chinook’s Edge part-way through the previous school year. This compares to 38 new teachers who started last fall and 37 new teachers at the start of the 2022-23 school year.

Until September 30, motorists can expect traffic delays on Highway 581, near Range Road 11, just east of Carstairs, as culvert repairs will continue.

According to 511 Alberta, 30 kilometres an hour speed restrictions will be enforced, and lane closures will be in place, with one-lane alternating traffic. Passing will be prohibited, and temporary traffic signals will also be installed. The speed reductions and lane closures will be in effect 24 hours a day, seven days a week. 

The Petro‑Canada FACE program has chosen several local athletes to receive grants.

According to Petro-Canda, they select 55 up-and-coming athletes and their coaches from across Canada to receive a FACE™, or Fuelling Athlete and Coaching Excellence, grant each year.

"We give grants to athletes when they need it the most – when they are striving to represent Canada at the Paralympic or Olympic Games but don’t yet qualify for government funding," the company website states.

Do you have a teen of the age of 11+? Carstairs Public Library is hosting a Scavenger Hunt that is open to anyone who loves to get out and explore. They are looking for groups of 2 or more to find these hidden treasures. They have tons of prizes to be won and lots of fun to be had!

Last week, the Carstairs Fire Department took to social media to show pictures of themselves practicing vehicle extractions.

Josh Van Arnam, a captain of the fire department spoke with DiscoverAirdrie and explained that every Wednesday night, they do some type of practicing.

"We always try and keep up on all of our skills because being volunteer firefighters, we have a lot of skills to deal with as you could end up taking on my different roles in an emergency."

The Air 106 Summer Cruiser will be making appearances at various events this weekend, and it has your chance to win big when you see them! 

Until the end of this month, road maintenance will be performed north of Airdrie on Highway 581, just west of the QEII (southbound), which will impact motorists and traffic in the area.

The nearly decade-old case of the death of an area woman, 31-year-old Amanda Antoni is being explored by the Netflix series, Unsolved Mysteries. Antoni was born in Calgary and raised in Carstairs.

Join us on Wednesday (July 31), for the Alberta Day of Caring for Jasper! 

Radio stations across Alberta are coming together to support those impacted by the Jasper Wildfire through the Red Cross.

We’re hosting a province-wide bottle drive: drop off your bottle donations at our station - the ATR Logistics truck will be here as well - from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. With your chance to win prizes for just donating or bring them to any Alberta bottle depot and say, "These are for Jasper."

Two hours after the news that a massive wildfire had reached the town of Jasper, Carstairs Fire Chief Jordan Schaffer and several other firefighters were dispatched to the town. 

Within hours, he and several other firefighters from his department as well as Didsbury firefighters were in the thick of one of the largest wildfires in the national park's history.

"When we got there, the wildfire had already come through; the town was well on fire by that time," he said. "It was pitch black when we got there, so we couldn't see where the forest fire was due to all the smoke."