Airdrie

The Alberta RCMP stated in a Wanted Wednesday post that Dustin Edward Wood is wanted for various crimes, with listed areas of activity including Airdrie and other Alberta communities.

Airdrie Transit will increase weekday and weekend service on local routes starting Sept. 2, while also raising fares across its network.

Local Routes 1 and 3 will operate every 30 minutes throughout the day from Monday to Friday. Evening and Saturday service will also be added on both routes.

Regional Route 900, which connects Airdrie to Balzac and Calgary, will begin operating at 6:15 a.m. to allow for earlier access to CrossIron Mills and Calgary.

Fares will also rise. 

Two Edmonton residents have been charged after RCMP recovered stolen tools in Banff.

On July 25, members of the Southern Alberta District Crime Reduction Unit (SAD CRU), with assistance from Banff RCMP, arrested two people in a vehicle containing power tools stolen earlier in the week from a job site in Ardrossan, Alta.

RCMP said they had received information that the tools were entering southern Alberta and quickly responded, identifying the occupied vehicle.

YYC Calgary International Airport expects to begin a phased reopening of Concourse B in 2027; the news comes one year after a hailstorm caused catastrophic damage and shut the terminal down completely.

Traffic is moving again—albeit slowly—on a stretch of Highway 40 in Kananaskis Country that was closed after a weekend mudslide near the Mount Lipsett Day Use Area.

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The federal government is setting up a safety net of loans, product-development grants and market diversification plans for Canada’s softwood lumber industry in an effort to shield it from the worst of American duties and fees.

Prime Minister Mark Carney announced the plan Tuesday, promising $700 million in loan guarantees to address what he called "immediate pressures" and $500 million for long-term supports to help companies diversify export markets and develop their products. 

Carney also promised that future projects will "prioritize" Canadian lumber. 

Alberta Health Services (AHS) said Tuesday that it has been notified of additional exposure times of an individual with confirmed measles in Banff who has been in a public setting while infectious. 

In a news release AHS said:

“Additional locations may be released if necessary.”

According to the release, individuals who were in the following location during the specified dates and times may have been exposed to measles:

Location:

Banff Gondola
100 Mountain Ave, Banff

A collision that slowed southbound traffic on the QEII Highway near Balzac Monday afternoon did not result in any injuries, according to Airdrie RCMP.

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In a Tuesday email, RCMP confirmed, “That incident there was no injuries and RCMP did respond.”

A popular selfie spot for visitors to Banff National Park is being moved to what town officials say is a safer site.

The two-metre-high, $350,000 sign that simply reads "Banff" was installed in 2017 on Mount Norquay Avenue, one of two entrances into the Alberta mountain park’s idyllic townsite. 

But the narrow two-lane road, which runs from the Mount Norquay Ski Resort seven kilometres away, is fraught with traffic jams, even between the peak tourist seasons of winter and summer. 

Alberta recorded its highest-ever number of deceased organ and tissue donors in 2024, with 317 people helping to save or improve hundreds of lives, Alberta Health Services said Tuesday.

According to AHS, a total of 423 organs were transplanted last year, marking the third consecutive year of growth in deceased donation rates. The province recorded 273 donors in 2023 and 248 in 2022.

In the news release, AHS quoted Calgary resident Mike Cahill, a 39-year-old kidney transplant recipient, as saying: