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It’s not easy dealing with a child’s trauma — and some teachers are trying to help parents deal with such a situation.

Pulling over an erratic driver Wednesday yielded the RCMP a hefty drug haul. When High River RCMP received multiple calls of a dangerous driver travelling west on Highway 543, Turner Valley RCMP members were able to get ahead of and stop the vehicle.

The latest candidate to throw his hat in the Highwood constituency provincial election race wants to ensure residents have a choice when they go to the ballot box on April 16.

Emergency crews responded to a fatal multi-vehicle collision on southbound Highway 2A near 306 Avenue north of Okoto ks Wednesday evening.

Okotoks town council was presented with a proposal which may increase the number of secondary suites in the community as part of the Town’s efforts to provide more affordable housing.

The outgoing MLA for Livingstone-Macleod wants to make it perfectly clear — sure he’s retiring, but he’s not getting a pension for his two terms working under the dome. “They cut the pensions back five years ago,” Pat Stier said with a laugh.

More than 100 years after the first Wentworth immigrated to Okotoks, there’s more than just a road bearing the family name. Willis Wentworth and his wife, Marie, came west from Danville, Que.

The writ has been dropped and the time has come for the Livingstone-Macleod candidates to buckle down and persuade the public to vote. The winning candidate will replace UCP MLA Pat Stier, who is retiring after two terms as Livingstone-Macleod MLA.

Retirement is busy, according to John Lockhart of Community Futures as he moves to step down from his position as general manager.

Okotoks likes sustainability and green living, or at least that’s what the success of the Green Living Workshops would suggest.