Airdrie

At Thursday's Rocky View Schools (RVS) Board of Trustees meeting, The Board of Trustees approved the request for 27 modular classrooms from the province.

Modular classrooms are essential to RVS planning for student spaces as a developing school division. Each fall, RVS and other school divisions in Alberta make a request to Alberta Education for these temporary classrooms.

Canada's spy service tracked the flow of its intelligence reports across government and studied how other agencies handled them as part of an investigation into leaks of classified information about foreign interference, a newly released memo shows. 

The Canadian Security Intelligence Service described the "tireless efforts" in the memo prepared for staff who were keen for an update on the probe into unauthorized disclosures to the media. 

The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) has said it will deploy a team of investigators to a train derailment near Beiseker to gather information and assess the occurrence.

Rocky View County Fire reported no injuries due to a train derailment earlier this morning northeast of Airdrie. 

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A news release on the County's website stated that Rocky View County Fire Services had responded to a train derailment early Friday morning on Highway 806 near Highway 72, roughly three kilometres north of Beiseker.

Ports in British Columbia could potentially be paralyzed again starting next week, as the latest labour dispute has triggered a provincewide lockout notice from employers against a union of more than 700 foremen.

The BC Maritime Employers Association says in a statement that it will "defensively" lock out members of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union Local 514 starting Monday at 8 a.m., shutting down all cargo operations provincewide but leaving cruise ships and operations for grain vessels unaffected.

Yesterday, a small fire broke out at the GFL Environmental building in the city's northeast (42 East Lake Circle NE) while the business was open and occupied.

Airdrie Fire Department responded swiftly, deploying 16 firefighters and six fire units.

Crews used dry chemical extinguishers to bring the fire under control and later applied water to ensure the blaze was fully extinguished. All employees were safely evacuated before firefighters arrived, and no injuries were reported.

Airdrie Rural RCMP and Beiseker RCMP are responding to a train derailment near Beiseker.

The Crossfield Fire Department aims to empower women and encourage more to join its ranks through Camp Empower, a program scheduled for later this month. This initiative offers prospective female firefighters valuable insight into becoming a firefighter.

Several collisions reported on area highways on Friday morning have been cleared. 

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• Motor vehicle collision causes lane closures on Stoney Trail

A previous motor vehicle collision on Deerfoot Trail northbound near Stoney Trail has been cleared.

Another collision reported this morning on Stoney Trail Westbound near Harvest Hills Boulevard Northeast has also been cleared.