Airdrie

Monday night, Airdrie Special Olympics held a fundraising event at Boston Pizza called "Cops, Pops and Pizza."

Staff Sgt. Ryan with the Southern Alberta RCMP, who is also the chairperson for the Calgary region Special Olympics, spoke to DiscoverAirdrie and explained athletes and police officers were working with servers at Boston Pizza to collect donations that would help send local athletes to provincial events for certain sports.

Rocky View Schools (RVS) has seen a slight decrease in enrolment throughout September.

Back in January, RVS  submitted to the government their projected enrolment for this school year. According to the division, it's complicated to predict the enrolment growth but RVS predicted they would be at 29,350 students.

Back at the beginning of September, RVS enrolment was around the 29,300 mark. As of Tuesday, September 17, RVS enrolments were 29,221 students. 

Last month, it was announced that a Mountain View County (MVC) Councilor had resigned. Around a week ago it was announced a by-election was taking place to replace the Councillor.

Gord Krebs, was the former division four councillor, now two candidates have stepped up to try and assume the role, Sean LaBrie and Tiffany Nixon.

A multi-vehicle collision that was slowing down traffic on the QEII is now clear.

According to reports, the collision was affecting northbound traffic and was located just south of the 40th Avenue Overpass.

Crews are no longer on the scene.

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Crown prosecution stated today that the two men involved in the shooting death of an Airdrie resident in early August and the wounding of another man will be tried together.

Although the men had been charged separately, 35-year-old Arthur Wayne Penner, a resident of Edmonton and 28-year-old Elijah Blake Strawberry will be tried together when the case goes to trial. Neither Penner nor Strawberry has lawyers at the moment. However, the next court date is Thursday, October 10, for election and plea.

A man in his 60's is in life-threatening condition following a single-vehicle collision early Thursday morning on Deerfoot Trail.

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• Update: Crash closes section of Deerfoot southbound, detours in place

At around 3:35 a.m., police responded to reports of a single-vehicle crash on southbound Deerfoot Trail Southeast near the Peigan Trail interchange.

According to reports, a Hollywood star in an Alberta-shot series may be filming near Airdrie.

Some Airdrie residents have said that filming is taking place near Souto Farms (Dickson Stevenson Trail) in Rocky View County and that the film in question is Die, My Love, starring Jennifer Lawrence and Robert Pattinson.

Do you have low spots in your field where excess water drowns your crops or do you struggle with managing salinity? Fall dormant seeding of perennial forages may offer a solution to help manage these areas.

An NDP MP has introduced a bill that would criminalize residential school denialism, saying it would help stop harm caused toward survivors, their families and communities.

If the bill is passed, people could be charged under the Criminal Code for promoting hatred against Indigenous Peoples by condoning, justifying or downplaying the historical and lasting impact of residential schools.

Alberta’s electricity market will undergo significant changes starting January 1, 2025.

The government is set to rename the default electricity rate from the "Regulated Rate Option" (RRO) to the "Rate of Last Resort" (ROLR), which, according to the province, is meant to reflect its often higher and more volatile nature compared to competitive options. Additionally, the ROLR will be adjusted every two years, with rate increases capped at 10 percent between terms.