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Okotoks librarians are shelving their reading material and encouraging patrons to engage in human books for a day.

Being named as the top large business of the year was humbling for the owners of Cobs Bread.

A young girl turned a love of sewing into a way to help troubled youth. Riviera Steinberg, a student at Strathcona-Tweedsmuir School, was challenged to come up with a service project over the summer as part of her bat mitzvah.

There won’t be any marijuana smoke allowed in the MD’s public spaces. The MD of Foothills council passed its cannabis bylaw on Oct.

There has been no change at the top of MD council this year. MD of Foothills council held its organizational meeting Oct. 17 and Larry Spilak was voted in as reeve for his eighth-consecutive year. This is his 12th year on council.

An Okotoks avenue took its name from a doctor who lived about 22 kilometres south of the town. Dr. George Douglas Stanley moved into High River in 1901 and began his medical practice in the town and its immediate surrounding area.

An Okotoks man who was charged after firing a rifle to protect his family from trespassers at his rural home was invited to speak in Ottawa concerning rural crime last week.

A candidate who disclaimed herself from taking the job has won the Foothills School Division Ward 1 trustee byelection.

A candidate in the Foothills School Division trustee byelection for the Ward 1 seat on Oct. 22 won’t take the job if she gets the most votes.

Anyone smoking marijuana this week didn’t buy it at an Okotoks retail store – there are no stores to be found. The only store owner who might have had the chance of opening by Oct.