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The Highwood MLA is looking forward to getting down to work now that United Conservative Party members selected their leader over the weekend.

A woman has taken the chair of deputy mayor for the MD of Foothills for the second time in its history. Coun. Delilah Miller was appointed as the deputy mayor after a vote in council chambers on Oct. 26. Miller was up against fellow coun.

Blood donors have given an Okotoks girl the chance to have a normal life, and now she and her family are looking to helping others who need to receive blood to live. A blood donor clinic will be held at Holy Trinity Academy on Oct. 7 from 3 p.m.

More than 200 women and children are finding an escape from domestic violence each year thanks to a local emergency shelter.

Conservationists are striving to double the amount of local land that is protected from housing and industry. The Foothills Land Trust is working with three landowners on conservation easements that would see the trust’s land holdings double.

Aspiring witches and wizards got their fill of magic on the streets of downtown this weekend.

If a Holy Trinity Academy student misses a class for no good reason, it means his or her parents will be getting a message quicker than an Ohio State Buckeye linebacker blitzing a quarterback.

RPAC's showing of Rocky Horror Picture Show was packed with costumed fans and newcomers alike, with the bombastic rituals and jeers coming from the audience and on-stage antics during the show. -

The new chair of the Foothills public school system has a good idea of what it’s like to be in other people’s seats — the seats of a principal, teacher and others.

The faith and passion is still there for a trustee who has served Okotoks for more than 15 years. “In Okotoks, this is my sixth term,” said Ron Schreiber, Christ the Redeemer Catholic Schools trustee.