MD of Bighorn

BIGHORN – Employees who work for the Municipal District of Bighorn will no longer be allowed to use medicinal marijuana on the job and may have to submit to a drug or alcohol test if they appear impaired.

DEAD MAN’S FLATS – Interest in creating a community garden in Dead Man’s Flats has withered up, forcing the community association to postpones its plans.

EXSHAW – Robert Ellis has been appointed the new chief administrative officer for the Municipal District of Bighorn replacing Martin Buckley who is retiring at the end of the year.

EXSHAW – Residents in Dead Man’s Flats do not want a wildlife fence surrounding their community. That was the message sent to councillors during a presentation by the Dead Man’s Flats Community Association during a council meeting on Nov. 13.

STONEY NAKODA – Dogs are going missing from their homes in Morley.

LAC DES ARCS – Residents from Lac Des Arcs are strongly opposed to building a pedestrian bridge over the Bow River to Exshaw, according to a survey sent to residents in October.

EXSHAW – The Municipal District of Bighorn is the latest municipality in the Bow Valley to ban the public consumption of cannabis. Councillors unanimously passed all three readings of the bylaw in six-and-a-half minutes on Tuesday (Nov. 13).

EXSHAW – The operating budget for the Municipal District of Bighorn will jump by 9.08 per cent next year, however the municipal tax rate for residential and non-residential properties will remain unchanged.

DEAD MAN’S FLATS – The Municipal District of Bighorn has moved one step closer to preparing the east industrial lands in Dead Man’s Flats for development.

DEAD MAN’S FLATS – The Municipal District of Bighorn will have to return more than $212,000 to a developer and pay an additional $15,000 in legal fees after binding arbitration ruled the developer was not obligated to build a wildlife fence adjacent