Premier Alison Redford calls Airdrie a “microcosm” of what is happening across Alberta in terms of the challenges associated with rapid population growth. “Airdrie is a community that speaks to the particular challenges we have with growth,” she ...

The finding is in a fatality report into the December 2007 death of Sylvie Latimer, who hanged herself in a cell at a detachment in Airdrie, Alta. Latimer was bipolar, abused drugs and alcohol and had a history of suicide attempts. She was arrested two ...

Arbroath quartet face fitness testsArbroath will look to keep their pursuit of leaders Cowdenbeath going by seeing off Airdrie at Gayfield.But they could be understrength as Stuart Malcolm, Beau Busch, Mark Baxter and Josh Falkingham all face fitness tests ...

Boss Greig McDonald admitted Stirling were nowhere near their best against Airdrie on Saturday and has promised an improvement against an Arbroath side who thrashed Albion Rovers 6-1 in their last home game. He said: “We absolutely got what we deserved on Saturday.

A closed-door meeting at city hall between local and provincial politicians last week gave Mayor Peter Brown a chance to voice Airdrie’s concerns to Premier Alison Redford. Redford and a number of ministers were already in Airdrie speaking with school ...

A fatality inquiry report about a woman who killed herself in an Airdrie jail five years ago says serious deficiencies in the holding cells had long been overlooked. Sylvie Claudette Latimer, 36, was found dead in her cell at the Airdrie RCMP detachment in ...

The former owners of a Chinese takeaway in Lanarkshire are facing a massive tax bill after being caught siphoning off profits to a Hong Kong bank account. Ma Tai Shek and his wife, Lai Kuen Shek, ran the "Lucky Gate" takeaway Airdrie between 1986 and 2005.

Iain O’Brien, from Coatbridge, died after the incident in Coatbridge on Tuesday night. On Thursday, Paul Hadden appeared in private at Airdrie Sheriff Court charged with murdering Mr O’Brien. Hadden, of Airdrie, made no plea or declaration to the ...

Airdrie sheriff Robert H Dickson ordered him to be locked up for a total of five-and-a-half years for the stabbing, breach of licence and breach of bail. He also imposed an extended sentence of 30 months to run after Morely, who denied the stabbing in ...

Airdrie United and Forfar Athletic shared eight goals in a remarkable Scottish Football League Division Two encounter. Christopher Templeman converted Ross Campbell's centre to put Forfar ahead on 17 minutes but Ryan Donnelly's clinical finish from the ...

Problems mount for Diamonds Airdrie have been hit by injury and suspension ahead of the visit of East Fife. Kieron Stallard and Kevin Green are banned while Graeme Goodall, Alastair Woodburn and John Boyle will be missing due to knocks. Diamonds ...

McLaren debut can spur United Airdrie United's new signing Willie McLaren is poised for his second debut against Forfar after joining the club for a second time on loan from Hamilton. But United will look to bounce back from last week's horror show against ...

Albion have ruled out the injured trio of Barry Russell, Chris Boyle and Steven Canning for their derby clash with Airdrie United. Rovers are looking for their first ever victory over their neighbours in the third meeting between the two sides ...

The 2014 Alberta Summer Games bid committee now has the financial support it needs to move forward with its bid submission. Airdrie city council has agreed to set aside $300,000 in cash and $300,000 in kind support for the games, should Airdrie be selected ...

It was a somber and moving morning as riders from the Kosovo Unit of the 3rd Canadian Army Veterans Motorcycle group took to the streets Saturday morning to commemorate the 15 Airdrie soldiers whose lives have been lost in combat since World War I. The ...

ALBION Rovers manager Paul Martin has declared last week’s 7-2 win over Airdrie United as one of the proudest moments in his career. It was the Cliftonhill club’s first victory over their Lanarkshire rivals for 35 years – and came just weeks after ...

Authorities have dismantled a marijuana grow operation concealed in an Airdrie home. Police credited tips from the public for leading them to the home on Channelside Way, which contained more than 800 plants. Investigators obtained a search ...

A 30-year-old motorcyclist who died in a crash with a lorry in North Lanarkshire has been named by police. Derek McGarry, of Macleod Crescent, Airdrie, was killed in a collision on the town's Carlisle Road at about 07:00 on Thursday. Mr McGarry died at the ...

Mackoff is seeking a conditional sentence of two years less a day, to be served at her family home in Airdrie, Alta. This would allow her to continue to work and pay restitution of $1,000 per month for 156 months, until her retirement. Mackoff said the ...

More than 150 athletes in both the main and junior races came from as far as Airdrie, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds and Newcastle to join the many locals from north and south of the border. The race was started by Dumfriesshire MP David Mundell and held in rec ...