Local News

A pair of teachers in the Foothills area have been honoured for celebrating diversity in the community.

Residents in northwest Okotoks are fed up with the amount of dust and debris they find blowing into their yards and homes from the D’Arcy site on daily basis.

Hundreds of people are gearing up to take on three days of walking in support of kidney disease awareness. The Kidney Foundation of Canada hosts its annual Kidney March from Sept. 8 to Sept.

The mayor of the MD of Foothills is pleading with its residents to use vigilance to prevent fires while outdoors.

Families are invited to flock to Frank Lake for educational fun. Ducks Unlimited is hosting a Duck Day event at Frank Lake Conservation Area, east of High River Sept. 9 from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.

It was a disappointing end to the season for the Creamery Market in Okotoks. The market, which ran on Sunday mornings on the site of the former creamery building, was run by volunteers from the Okotoks United Church.

Family calls for a MD of Foothills councillor of 13 years who is stepping down from his seat with the MD of Foothills.

Literacy for Life is launching two new programs in the Foothills to encourage literacy – Kindstones and Book Bungalows.

The summer of 2017 has been one of the driest on record and the hot, dry weather is expected to continue into the fall, said an Environment Canada meteorologist.

Westmount School will be made whole again as kindergarten students are back under its roof this week, said the school’s principal.