Rocky View County

• City of Calgary, Rocky View County sign partnership to accelerate Prairie Economic Gateway

  The Prairie Economic Gateway is a major logistics and manufacturing hub planned for the city's southeast, in partnership between Calgary and Rockyview County.

  Canada

  Aug 11
  
• Councillors in Rocky View County, bordering Calgary vote to pause data centres

  Councillors in Rocky View County have voted to put a moratorium on the building of any new data centres until the county establishes regulations for such developments.

  Economy

  Jul 28
  
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• Stars airlifts patient to hospital after his ambulance, tractor collide north of Calgary

  RCMP said the ambulance, driving quickly with its lights and sirens activated, and the tractor were both headed west on Highway 9 when they collided in Rocky View County.

  Traffic

  Jun 9
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• Two men found guilty of second-degree murder in random roadside shooting near Calgary

  Two men found guilty of second-degree murder in random roadside shooting near Calgary. Jurors found Arthur Penner and Elijah Strawberry guilty of killing Colin Hough.

  Crime

  May 30
• Jurors begin deliberations in trial of men accused in Alberta highway shooting

  Two men charged in a roadside shooting in Calgary 2024 will soon learn their fate in court. Colin Hough was killed when he stopped to check on a burning vehicle.

  Crime

  May 29
• Roadside shooting victim testifies at Rocky View murder trial: ‘Thought I was going to die’

  Rocky View County shooting survivor Matthew Andres testified the pair wanted his keys and truck. By the time it was over, he was in a race for his life and another man was dead.

  Crime

  May 5
• Large brush fire in Rocky View County under control

  Rocky View County says a large brush fire that started on Thursday near Ghost Lake, west of Calgary, is now under control and no longer considered to be active.

  Fire

  May 1
• Fire destroys 2 homes in a rural Alberta town

  Two homes in the rural Alberta town of Irricana were reduced to rubble after an early morning fire engulfed both residences on Saturday.

  Fire

  Jan 25, 2025
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• Crown to downgrade murder charge for suspect in Rocky View County roadside shooting

  The Crown will be downgrading the murder charge for one of two men arrested after a deadly roadside shooting near Calgary in August. 

  Crime

  Oct 10, 2024
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• RCMP insist murder suspect who fled after shooting near Calgary is still in Alberta, reward offered

  RCMP don’t believe Elijah Blake Strawberry has fled to another province. He is wanted for second-degree murder in the death of Colin Hough and attempted murder of another man.

  Crime

  Aug 16, 2024