Local News

An Okotoks councillor is looking for a second term representing municipalities at the provincial level. Coun.

Inventory levels have reached record highs on the Okotoks real estate market with few buyers willing to take the leap. According to the mid-year forecast report put out by the Calgary Real Estate Board (CREB) on Aug.

An innovative tiny home development could be making its way into Okotoks’ Kinsmen Park by 2020.

Poor air quality may have cut its 10 th anniversary event short, but the Enbridge Ride to Conquer Cancer saw a record number of participants and dollars raised in 2018.

A life of hard work and putting family first has led a local woman to her 100 th birthday. Lucy Malmberg, who resides at Sandstone Lodge in Okotoks, turned 100 on Aug. 18. A celebration will be held Aug. 25 in the hall at St.

While most children are told not to play with their food, some Foothills youth are showing off their creativity with edible sculptures.

Wise water usage has put the Town of Okotoks in a much better position this summer than in 2017.

A Foothills Comp student is saying “arrivederci” to Okotoks for the next year. Abi MacFarlane, who would have been going into Grade 11 at the Comp, is taking off for Italy on Sept. 2, just before her classmates head back to school.

Just over a year ago convicted murderer Tristan Ryan was granted day parole and in October he will be seeking full parole. In 1991 Ryan stabbed to death his then 16-year-old on-and-off again girlfriend Stephanie Spooner in her Okotoks home.

An Okotoks man was allegedly assaulted in the middle of the night after a pair of men attempted to get into his vehicle. At approximately 2 a.m. on Aug. 14, two men were seen checking car doors along Knowles Avenue.