Local News

The holiday season is about warming the hearts of your friends, even if your friends live in sunny Cuba.

Organizers of a documentary screening highlighting heart-wrenching tales of bullying hope it will kickstart discussion at the local level and bring valuable lessons for the community.

RCMP are investigating what lead to a collision that killed a 19-year-old man on Highway 2 south of High River this morning. At approximately 10:45 a.m.

Okotoks RCMP are turning to the public to help recover a one-of-a-kind horse saddle and tack stolen from a rural property last week. Sometime in the afternoon hours of Dec. 28, RCMP were called to a break and enter at a DeWinton property.

Alberta Health Services is warning anyone who ate donuts at the Okotoks Safeway in the first three weeks of December could be at risk of contracting Hepatitis A.

It was a big gamble, but it paid off in spades. Going all in with a stock trade helped a pair of Edison School students come out on top in a western Canadian investment program.

Foothills non-profit organizations say Alberta’s charity casino program unfairly benefits urban groups compared to their rural counterparts.

Okotoks students heard some stories that not only came from the heart, but with the beat of humans’ most important muscle. The members of Eden Valley’s Spotted Rock were the lead drummers at a drumming circle at Westmount School on Dec. 18.

Okotoks law enforcement is reminding party-goers and dinner guests to arrange for alternate ways home if they plan to have a couple beverages – preferably before they start drinking. “Plan ahead,” said Okotoks RCMP Sgt. Darrin Turnbull.

Okotoks was given licence to grow and saw the development of new infrastructure in 2017.