Airdrie

While she started halfway through last school year, Chinook's Edge School Division is welcoming Cheryl Griffin as Vice Principal of Ross Ford Elementary School in Didsbury.

"Cheryl says she is enjoying collaboration with her school team, and opportunities to connect to divisional teams, too. She says she is looking forward to next year, and some goals staff will work on," shared Chinook's Edge.

In her free time, Griffin enjoys spending time with her family, tending to her garden, exploring new technology, baking, and playing the piano.

Starting today China is implementing a 75.8 per cent duty on Canadian canola seed imports.

China's Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) announced the preliminary ruling regarding their anti-dumping investigation earlier this week. 

The latest tariff on canola seed is in addition to the 100 per cent tariff implemented on Canadian oil and meal back in March 2025.

President and CEO of the Canola Council of Canada, Chris Davison, says China is a highly valued and important market for us, noting they were disappointed with the preliminary ruling.

Five-year survival rates for people with lung cancer have doubled since the 1990s, but the disease still kills more patients than any other type of cancer, a Statistics Canada report said on Wednesday.

The report said the number of people living five years after they were diagnosed jumped from 13 per cent to 27 per cent between 1992 and 2021.

Lung cancer is still responsible for almost a quarter of all cancer deaths in Canada, it said.

Farmer Bill Prybylski says China’s planned tariff on canola seed wasn’t factored into his business equations this year.

The president of the Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan says the 75.8 per cent preliminary duty, announced Tuesday, has already caused canola prices to fall by $1 per bushel.

That translates to a loss of about $200,000 for his farm. 

“That’s a pretty significant financial hit,” said Prybylski, who farms northeast of Regina near Yorkton.

Design work has begun on the largest provincial funding commitment in Airdrie’s history — a $114-million wastewater expansion that includes a new seven-kilometre pipeline to Calgary’s treatment system — with Alberta contributing $50 million and the city saying no property tax or utility rate increases are expected.

The City repeated that assurance in its Aug. 8 written response, confirming rates and property taxes are not expected to change as a result of its share of the project cost.

A Sherwood Park man has been arrested after a stolen vehicle was driven northbound in the southbound lanes of Highway 2 on Monday night.

In a news release on Wednesday, Airdrie RCMP said that at about 9 p.m. on Aug. 11, they received a request from the Calgary Police Service (CPS) to assist with a stolen vehicle investigation.

CPS indicated the vehicle — a black 2007 Acura TSX — was stolen at about 4:40 p.m. from the 2400 block of 24A Street S.W. in Calgary. When the vehicle was taken, there was a dog inside, but the suspect released the dog, and it returned home safely.

Bragg Creek’s wastewater system is seeing improvements but is still experiencing “significantly higher than normal inflows,” Rocky View County says.

In an Aug. 13 update on its website, the county said this marks “steady progress” from the “extreme inflows” the system experienced for the past three weeks, though conditions remain dependent on weather.

“The high groundwater table is still affecting the system, and we appreciate residents’ continued efforts to limit water use where possible,” the county said.

The Grain Growers of Canada (GGC) has a new chair, elected into the position earlier this year. Scott Hepworth, who farms near Assiniboia with his farmer, moved into the role after the previous chair stepped away from the position.

Having previously been the vice chair at the GGC and currently a director with Sask Wheat, Hepworth is confident they'll be able to meet some of the goals he wants to solve.

Big Hill Springs Provincial Park, about 30 kilometres west-southwest of Airdrie, located 10 kilometres north of Cochrane, has been named one of Canada’s 45 “hidden gem” parks in a new list released by the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS).

Airdrie will dedicate its Veterans Memorial on Sept. 20, the City of Airdrie’s website says. The ceremony will run from 1 to 2 p.m. at the Veterans Boulevard Nautical flag pole near 8th Street.

“We honour their courage and dedication, celebrate their service, remember their sacrifices and ensure their legacy lives on,” the city’s listing says. “All community members are welcome to attend this meaningful tribute to our local heroes.”