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The Canadian Federation of Independent Business has ranked Okotoks as the second most fiscally responsible Alberta municipality.

A permit will soon be needed for those wanting to park on a crescent near Foothills Composite High School. Okotoks town council passed a motion for the use of parking permits for Cimarron Crescent at its Jan.

One of Okotoks’ most northern roads was named after a former mayor and active member of the community. Harold Banister immigrated to Canada with his family in 1884.

Education and the arts may flow through the Okotoks downtown in the future.

Okotoks’ first retail cannabis store is missing just one thing – marijuana. Micro Gold opened on Dec.

A house near Millarville is burnt, but intact, after fire ripped through it Wednesday morning. Fire crews responded to a structure fire on 240 Street West at around 11 a.m. Jan. 9 to find the walkout basement engulfed in flames.

A retired rancher with decades of adventures in and out of the saddle has put more colourful ranching stories on paper before they’re lost forever.

Some Foothills residents are wearing yellow on Saturday mornings to raise awareness about the struggling Alberta economy. There were five people standing in front of Okotoks town office at 11 a.m. on Jan.

Town council opened the door for more affordable housing in Okotoks while at the same time helping women who have faced abuse.

The Highwood MLA spent 2018 battling the governing party, but ended the year wondering what his political future is. Carbon tax might have been the biggest issue for Highwood constituents to swallow.