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Hop to it Bring the little ones to the park for a morning of Easter fun in Okotoks’ annual Rabbit Run and Bunny Dash. Money raised from this running event supports the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society of Canada and Team Evelyn.

A 10-year-old boy whose personality is known to fill a room has no problem capturing the attention of thousands in a 2,000 plus-seat theatre.

Young musicians across the Foothills were fine-tuned as they stepped before adjudicators last weekend.

Known as a heartbreak poet, an Ottawa singer/songwriter has a few tales to tell at her upcoming concert in Turner Valley. “I like to write songs people can relate to like matters of the heart,” said Lynne Hanson last week.

While he’s never stepped foot in Okotoks, an Ontario comedian intends to know the town fairly well before the end of his act.

Vimy Parade The annual commemoration of the Battle of Vimy Ridge takes place Sunday evening. The parade, conducted by the Okotoks Royal Legion #291, commemorates Canada’s role in the Battle of Vimy Ridge during the First World War.

A Lundbreck musician who shares his life’s joys and struggles with strangers through music is heading north to Okotoks this weekend. Singer/songwriter Doug Rawling and the Caraganas are performing at the Grace Lutheran Church April 5 at 7:30 p.m.

An Oilfields High School teen’s sewing skills are saving her school a few bucks. Grade 9 student Charity Kiffiak is making costumes for the drama club’s upcoming play Robin Hood , which hits the stage at the end of May.

If I had a hammer… Not need to throw something away when you can fix it. The Town of Okotoks is hosting The Repair Café at the Recreation Centre on March 31 from 1 to 4 p.m.

Canada’s varying styles of fiddle music will come together under one roof in a toe-tapping performance this weekend. The Prairie Mountain Fiddlers are performing one of their two spring concerts at the Okotoks United Church March 30 at 7:30 p.m.