Airdrie

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."

The late-May heat wave is holding strong in Airdrie, with temperatures expected to reach 30°C on Thursday under a continuing heat warning from Environment Canada.

Earlier this week, Airdrie played host to the Canadian Urban Transit Association's (CUTA) Prairie Chapter meeting.

According to the CUTA website, they help connect the public transit industry, advocate for investment and support from governments and facilitate conversations and connections to help transit professionals keep up with the latest.

At the Prairie Chapter meeting, members from four different provinces and territories attended, including Alberta, Northwest Territories, Manitoba and Yukon.

On May 21, the Rocky View Schools (RVS) Board of Trustees met with the Honourable Martin Long, Minister of Infrastructure, and members of his team.

According to RVS, the Board shared key information about RVS, highlighted our top infrastructure advocacy priorities, and presented potential solutions aimed at streamlining the school construction and approval process.

"It is critical for RVS that new schools are built and ready to welcome students, staff and the community as quickly as possible."

The City of Airdrie has installed its portable skate park on the east side of the city.

The park is located at the East Lake south parking lot, shared Jeff Hughes, who is the Operations Coordinator for the City of Airdrie Parks Department.

"It's the second year for our portable skate park. The first year was in the Ron Ebbeson Arena parking lot."

He shared that many residents enjoy having a second park.

"We have the in-ground, large skate park over on the west side (at Chinook Winds). Some residents like having one on the east side as well."

More than 67 per cent of the drugs seized during a month-long cross-country Canada Border Services Agency operation were coming into Canada from the United States, the agency says.

Operation Blizzard took place from Feb. 12 to March 13 and targeted illegal drugs and precursor chemicals transported by mail, air cargo or marine container, the CBSA said in a news release Wednesday. The agency said it focused on shipments going to the United States.

Prime Minister Mark Carney fielded questions about the trade war with the United States and his decision to delay the federal budget to the fall as he faced his first question period grilling in the House of Commons Wednesday.

Conservative House leader Andrew Scheer welcomed Carney to the House before launching into a question about Canada's response to U.S. tariffs.

"This is where democracy lives, and this is where we provide rigorous scrutiny on every word he says and every dollar he spends," Scheer said.

Construction has begun on the Highland Park Fire Station and Training Centre, a 26,000-square-foot facility intended to serve Airdrie’s northeast and support both operational deployment and firefighter training. The facility, which broke ground on May 12, is scheduled to open in November 2026.

Green grass means that pasture turnout is right around the corner. The to do list gets longer than the days do. Checking fence to remove any fallen trees, repairing stretched or broken wires; make sure the water system is operational, and the water itself is safe for the livestock to drink. It all happens before animals can be moved to their summer home. 

This week's crop report shows provincially 85 per cent of the crop is in the ground; that is up from last week's report of 57 per cent and ahead of the 5-year average of 69 per cent. 

Oilseed Specialist Sonia Wilson puts together the weekly crop report and says most of the spring wheat, oats, barley, as well as grain and silage corn have gone in, while progress is also being made on the other crops.