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To keep up with growth, Rocky View Schools (RVS) suggests the division needs a new school every two to three years.

Stoney Nakoda residents made their voices heard again last week when they, for the second time, voted against a proposal to designate 3,000 hectares of land that could potentially open it to commercial development.

Like it or not yesterday was the first day cannabis sales were legal in Canada. The change in law has brought with it new municipal bylaws as well as provincial and federal laws.

Last year, we took a little heat for criticizing the government for not including capital funding for the Highway 1A and Highway 22 interchange upgrades in the last budget.

Our access to information is at unprecedented levels, but our ability to determine the accuracy and even legitimacy of that information is at an all time low.

Some provinces are grappling with how schools should be teaching their children about sex. Groups in Prince Edward Island are calling for updates to that province's inconsistent and out-dated delivery of sexual education.

Politicians crossing the floor to join opposing parties is not new or even that rare. In 2014, nine Wildrose MLAs abandoned ship to join the Progressive Conservative Party, which was the party in power at the time.

Since we received a letter regarding a dog that was hit by a cyclist at the Jim Uffelman Memorial Dog Park along the Bow River it has been all out war between user groups.

The news that a 16-year-old boy from Morley had been arrested in connection with the shooting of a German tourist last month has sparked a social media storm of animosity between Cochrane and the neighbouring Stoney Nakoda First Nation.