Carstairs

The Town of Carstairs recently published a comprehensive Housing Needs Assessment, providing a detailed look at the town's current housing market, population growth, and local economic factors impacting housing availability.

According to the assessment, Carstairs has experienced rapid population growth, with a 109 per cent increase from 2001 to 2021. This growth has led to increased demand for housing, primarily single-family homes. It has also highlighted the need for a more diverse housing stock to support residents of varying ages and economic situations.

On Monday, November 11, Remembrance Day, the Airdrie Royal Canadian Legion’s Remembrance Day Ceremony will be hosted at Genesis Place (800 East Lake Boulevard Northeast).

The ceremony will begin at 10 a.m. and will end at noon, with doors opening at 9 a.m. Following the Genesis Place Ceremony, a brief ceremony will also be held at the city Cenotaph (near the Town and Country Centre).

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The Town of Crossfield will also host a ceremony at 10:30 a.m. at the Crossfield Community Center.

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The Town of Carstairs has warned residents that mail service may be disrupted due to an ongoing labour dispute between Canada Post and its workers. Regular mail deliveries could be interrupted as early as Sunday.

Officials emphasize that residents are responsible for paying bills by the due date to avoid penalties.

To ensure timely receipt of their bills, Carstairs officials advise residents that there are several alternatives to traditional mail service. One option is eBilling, where residents can sign up to receive bills electronically. 

Airdrie is currently under a severe thunderstorm warning, with forecasts predicting rain, which may transition to light snow, with up to two centimetres of snow accumulating.

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Tuesday morning, we will see the flurries tapering off.

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The official results of Mountain View County's (MVC) by-election have been revealed. Tiffany Nixon has been elected as Division 4 Councillor.

Last week, MVC announced that a total of 349 votes were cast in the By-Election, with the following results:

• Sean LaBrie: 158
• Tiffany Nixon: 191

Division 4 voters had two chances to cast their ballots; advance voting took place at Melvin Hall on October 9 and Bergen Hall on October 10. On October 16, the By-Election Voting Day was held.

Chinook's Edge students can now enroll in a new dual credit course. Red Deer Polytechnic (RDP) is offering kinesiology to dual-credit students for the first time.

"Chinook’s Edge has 12 students enrolled, along with other students from two other K-12 school divisions. The Kinesiology course is offered mostly online and in asynchronous classes, supported by staff at the school level," stated Chinook's Edge.

The Carstairs Fire Department has put out a call to locals who are interested in joining the fire department to now apply.

According to Josh Van Arnam, the fire prevention officer and captain at the Carstairs Fire Department, this time of the year is when they are looking for recruits.

"We don't necessarily have a number that we're looking for, but we're looking to hire some people that would like to join the Carstairs Fire Department."

According to Can Arnam, one of the big stipulations is that they have to live either within the town or within five minutes.

The community is rallying to support a local business owner after a fire damaged his Carstairs Liquidauction shop on Friday night.

A friend of the owner and business neighbour, Carstairs resident Mike Lorber, initially spotted smoke that evening.

"My wife and I happened to be in our shop around 7 p.m. [Friday] night, and I was doing a little work on my computer. My wife looked outside and noticed some smoke," Lorber said. "We both left our shop to look at our friend's shop, [which] essentially had smoke rolling out of it, out of the eavesdrops and out of the windows."