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1 day ago | 
discoverairdrie.com | Anna Ferensowicz
Rocky View County Fire Services has issued a fire ban for both its East and West regions, citing persistent hot and dry weather.
The ban is effective immediately and will remain in place until conditions improve.
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1 day ago | 
discoverairdrie.com | Anna Ferensowicz
A 48-year-old Olds man is facing several child pornography charges following his arrest earlier this week.
RCMP say that on June 3 at approximately 9:30 a.m., Olds RCMP, with the assistance of the Alberta RCMP Law Enforcement Response Team’s Internet Child Exploitation Unit (ICE), arrested Charles Landon.
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1 day ago | 
discoverairdrie.com | Anna Ferensowicz
Wellspring’s 11th annual Firefighter Stairclimb Challenge takes place at Brookfield Place in Calgary on Sunday. The climb is held inside Calgary’s tallest tower, with more than 80 fire departments expected to participate, including crews from Airdrie, Calgary, Crossfield, Carstairs, Cochrane, Beiseker, Didsbury and Rocky View County.
Participants will ascend 57 storeys—1,370 steps—all in the name of cancer support.
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1 day ago | 
discoverairdrie.com | Anna Ferensowicz
Before the rodeo thunders and the midway lights up, Calgary’s mornings start with a griddle, a cowboy hat, and a plate of flapjacks.
The Stampede breakfast tradition is older than the Midway’s wildest ride — and in 2025, it’s still going strong with dozens of free breakfasts across Calgary, Airdrie, Okotoks, and Rocky View County.
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2 days ago | 
discoverairdrie.com | Jeff McIntosh
A man is in hospital following a police shooting in Calgary.
Police say officers were patrolling an industrial area in the city's southeast, when a passenger in a vehicle pointed what was believed to be a handgun at them.
The canine unit and other officers were called, and the vehicle was stopped.
Police say a man fled from the vehicle, there was a confrontation with officers, and an officer fired a gun.
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2 days ago | 
discoverairdrie.com | Anna Ferensowicz
A fuel tanker fire that shut down westbound Highway 1 at Stoney Trail NW on Thursday has been cleared, according to 511 Alberta.
At 10:44 p.m., 511 Alberta reported the westbound collision near the Stoney Trail NW junction had been cleared.
Earlier in the day, Calgary police said all four westbound lanes of Highway 1 from Stoney Trail NW were closed due to a fuel tanker fire. Traffic was being diverted from Highway 1 onto northbound and southbound Stoney Trail.
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2 days ago | 
discoverairdrie.com | Anna Ferensowicz
Airdrie city council has endorsed a notice of motion to embed the city’s $25 youth summer transit pass in its User Fees and Charges Policy, directing staff to prepare an amendment that would formalize the reduced summer fare — for July and August only — and ask that council consider reviewing the fee each year.
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2 days ago | 
discoverairdrie.com | Anna Ferensowicz
A fuel tanker fire has closed all four westbound lanes of Highway 1 at Stoney Trail, Calgary police say.
Traffic on westbound Highway 1 is being diverted onto northbound and southbound Stoney Trail.
Traffic from both directions on Stoney Trail is being diverted and cannot access westbound Highway 1.
Eastbound lanes remain open.
Police are asking drivers to avoid the area and use alternate routes.
This is a developing story.
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2 days ago | 
discoverairdrie.com | Anna Ferensowicz
RCMP detachments in Airdrie and Olds issued summer road safety reminders Tuesday, urging Albertans to stay alert as warm weather brings more cyclists — and as school buses continue to operate through the final stretch of the academic year.
Airdrie RCMP issued a news release urging drivers and cyclists to share the road, reminding riders under 18 that helmets must meet ANSI, Snell or CSA standards.
Cyclists must use an audible warning device, such as a bell, when passing pedestrians.
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2 days ago | 
discoverairdrie.com | Anna Ferensowicz
Rocky View County officials are warning landowners to be on the lookout for a deceptively attractive but highly invasive plant threatening pastures and hay fields in the region’s northwest.
Field scabious, also known as pincushion flower (Knautia arvensis), is listed as a noxious weed under Alberta’s Weed Control Act. Despite its purple blooms, officials say the plant’s deep tap root and prolific seed output make it a serious risk to native vegetation and agricultural land.