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A Grade 4 student has become a wizard at reading with the help of her award-winning teacher. “She helped me with my reading when I was behind,” said Grade 4 student Gianna Hnidey about her teacher Carol Bilawchuk. “I am now at a Grade 5 book.

Foothills School Division has completed a best-estimate preliminary budget for the upcoming school year as it awaits further financial details from the recently elected United Conservative Party.

The Sheep River reached its peak at 4 am Saturday morning, reaching a flow rate of 163 cubic metres per second and is now slowly receding. The high stream flow advisory remains in effect updates at okotoks.ca.

Foothills County council addressed the Okotoks Public Library board over concerns regarding the Reading with Royalty program, as well as future programs supporting the “LGBTQ+ operation,” as council was not aware prior to the event being held.

Anxious, nervous and excited for the next step, Holy Trinity Academy graduand Beatrice Saluya is set to leave a school system that gave her a sense of community as a newcomer to Canada just six years ago.

The Okotoks Parade saw massive crowds and beautiful weather for its 50th anniversary, all with one of the town’s most lasting residents at the helm.

After riding 670 kilometres in the first week of June, Todd Martin reflected on his experience of arriving on Juno Beach on the 75th anniversary of D-Day.

MyWalkies, a private dog park in DeWinton , was granted a four-month extension on June 5 to its one-year trial period by Foothills County Council, awaiting a public meeting in the fall preceding a decision on the development permit.

Service providers in the Foothills can learn more about the prevention of family and domestic violence on June 21 as the Strong Voices Together conference returns two years after the highly successful first event.

A former Miss Rodeo Canada is heading back to the community where it all started six decades ago — kicking off a series of events that including her looking in the eyes of a Hollywood legend.