Airdrie

An Airdrie teacher, Alexis Crich, is fundraising for school supplies for students in Guatemala.

Crich explained she will be visiting the country for a few weeks with the organization called Change for Children.

"I get to head over there in July and help out with the teachers and bring some school supplies to the children there."

A total of five travelling teachers will support Guatemalan educators in learning how to use their available technology effectively for teaching.

This year's W.H. Croxford High School Valedictorian is Oluwalademi Famuyiwa.

Famuyiwa was excited to garner the role and shared that it has been a dream of hers since grade 9.

"I think I cried a little bit, it felt so surreal."

She explained that to get the role, she had to provide a letter of recommendation and explain how they were involved within the school. After that, she had to present a speech and was graded on it.

"I was involved in track and field, leadership and band."

Famuyiwa shared what her message was to her classmates.

At the latest Chinook's Edge Board of Trustees meeting, the trustees set financial direction for the 2025-2026 school year.

"The Chinook’s Edge Board of Trustees has approved a $140.9 million budget for the 2025–2026 school year, following a presentation from CFO/Treasurer Nadeem Altaf and a detailed Board discussion," shared Chinook's Edge.

The Board anticipates revenue of $140.4 million next year, with a budget deficit of $586,647.

A new spy watchdog report says an overseas Canadian Security Intelligence Service operation was suddenly halted by government officials, "creating unnecessary danger for the CSIS team" and raising questions about ministerial accountability.

The National Security and Intelligence Review Agency found no written records indicating the decision to suspend the operation had been made by the CSIS director or the minister of public safety.

National defence is becoming an increasingly thorny topic for Prime Minister Mark Carney's government as Canada comes under heavy pressure from its allies to do more and spend more.

But with just weeks to go until NATO member nations assemble in the Netherlands for a summit that could put Ottawa in the hot seat on defence spending, several of his ministers took the unusual step of removing themselves from discussions with defence reporters this week at Canada's largest defence industry show.

A motor vehicle collision in the vicinity of 40th Avenue and 8th Street has been cleared.

On Thursday afternoon, motorists reported delays due to the collision, though there was no information available on the number of vehicles involved or the extent of injuries.

Drivers were asked to exercise caution in the area as emergency crews attended the scene.

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The City of Calgary has announced that it will begin reintroducing fluoride to its drinking water, starting Monday, June 30, 2025. The change will directly affect Airdrie, which receives its treated water from Calgary.

Alberta’s engineering regulator says it found no evidence of unskilled practice or unprofessional conduct in the City of Calgary’s management of the Bearspaw South water main that burst in June 2024 — but a forensic investigation commissioned by the city noted that the rupture was caused, among other things, by extensive corrosion, chloride contamination, and brittle wire failure in a 1975-era pipe expected to last a century.

The rupture triggered water restrictions in Airdrie and other municipalities across the region, lasting through the summer and into the fall.

Airdrie City Council will hold a special meeting on Tuesday, June 10, to review an enforcement order regarding alleged unauthorized development and damage to city streets on Edwards Way.

According to a notice posted on the City of Airdrie website, the meeting will begin at 11 a.m. in Council Chambers and will be open to the public in person and online. Mayor Peter Brown called the meeting under the Municipal Government Act and the city’s Procedure Bylaw.

The Town of Didsbury will end its municipally managed before- and after-school care program, effective June 26, 2025, following a May 27 council vote to approve a service level amendment, the town announced on Wednesday.

The Didsbury Out of School Care Association (DOSCA) program will conclude at the end of the 2024–25 school year.

The town said the DOSCA Summer Fun program will operate as planned for this year and "will then be re-evaluated at the end of the summer."