Airdrie News

The steady snow and poor road conditions Wednesday and Thursday continue to take their toll on Calgary commuters, as one man was seriously injured after his car crashed into two semis in southeast Calgary last night.

A violent offender told an Alberta parole board he won't quit smoking marijuana until he's freed from prison because he uses the drugs as a way of coping behind bars.

The family of a Calgary-area woman who hanged herself in an Airdrie RCMP cell has launched a lawsuit over her death.

A woman was airlifted to hospital after a crash on the QEII. It happened on Wednesday at 6:30 a.m. near Airdrie.

The Alberta RCMP's message is simple: This holiday season if you drink and drive, your luck will run out a ' you will get caught.

Empathy for the less fortunate was part of Lori McRitchie's character from a very young age.

Police say charges are pending against a 34-year-old Airdrie man following a hunting mishap near Sylvan Lake where a woman was shot by an errant bullet as she sat in her home.

Another affordable housing option is already on the horizon for 2010. Habitat for Humanity will be at city council later this month as the city will hold a public hearing for its R-4 application to build a townhouse and condominium complex next to Monklands Soccer Park.

By Paul Cowley - Red Deer Advocate and Jack Wilson - Red Deer Advocate Published: December 01, 2009 6:45 AM Updated: December 01, 2009 10:00 AM One man is dead and a woman injured following two separate big game hunting incidents in Central Alberta on Sunday and Monday.

The city of Calgary says it is taking preventative steps to avoid a repeat of Friday's commute home.

Steve Fedorchuk, VP at ATB Financial, stands with employee Janel McKnight. Fedochuk says he is always willing to talk to people interested in finding out about a career, but stresses that in today's climate, attitude is paramount.

One man has been killed after blowing snow and icy roads made for treacherous driving conditions in central and southern Alberta.

Ralph Levinson has been appointed to an Alberta Health Services health advisory council and will represent health concerns from Airdrie residents.

An Airdrie man was among eight people killed in four separate traffic collisions across Alberta Nov.

The city's ongoing transit battle continued Monday night within city council chambers and when the smoke cleared, questions remained.

Canadian grain industry officials were taken aback in September when the European Union suddenly imposed a $25 a tonne tariff on durum imports.

The Stelmach government is downplaying rumblings that the projected provincial deficit will be $2.5-billion less than predicted three months ago --saying it still has "serious" work to do -- but resisting calls from Tory MLAs to enshrine legislation limiting future spending.

Police say no one was hurt after witnesses reported a group of unknown youths were discharging a BB gun at passing pedestrians and motor vehicles on East Lake Blvd.

Even against the big boys, Airdrie is continuing to stack up well when it comes to tax dollars.

There's an old adage that says "Rome was not built in a day," but a team of researchers at the University of Washington's Graphics and Imaging Laboratory recently created a virtual Rome in 21 hours using 150,000 panoramic images from the popular user-generated Web site, Flickr.