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Public transportation is more than just getting from point A to point B, it also means more independence, said some at an Okotoks pop-up open house last week.

Letters written by soldiers in the First World War are among highlights of a historian’s talk that will tell how Okotoks was impacted by war a century ago.

An Okotoks toddler is fighting for her life in Edmonton as her family waits for news of an organ donor. The Mitchell family has been in the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) at the Stollery Children’s Hospital since Oct.

A former professional wrestler was tired of seeing his fellow athletes get hooked on drugs to ease the pain of life in the ring. So he turned to a plant that has been easing pain and relaxing people for centuries — cannabis.

Pinning poppies on the lapels of local officials today got an Okotoks veteran thinking about her great uncle who served a century ago in the First World War.

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.