Local News

We are getting closer to the date of one of my favourite annual events. The Sheep River Valley Clean-up and Tree Planting day will be on May 6 this year from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. You can pre-register to participate at okotoks.

It takes one to know one. The Foothills School Division’s nominee for the Edwin Parr Award knows all about that students who might get a ‘fails to work to his full potential’ comment on their report card.

A pair of Foothills Falcons was allowed to play rugby last week after first being denied due to a family’s refusal to pay school fees.

Concerns from area residents lead MD of Foothills councillors to turn down a proposal by a Millarville-area ranch that would have allowed as many as four events a month on the property.

Nine Foothills organizations have received a financial boost after MD of Foothills council approved funding for local organizations focused on family, prevention and volunteerism.

A group of Okotoks students is trying to make it easier to fill the bellies of those in need.

The problem of illegal dumping along rural roads has reared its ugly head again this spring, but this year the MD of Foothills is preparing to fight back.

An early morning fire caused extensive damage to a Woodhaven home last week. Okotoks Fire Services responded to reports of fire at 1-7 Woodglen Place at 6:02 a.m. on April 14. Nobody was home at the time of the fire.

Female elected officials in the Foothills say the Province is on-track with a program aimed to encourage more women to run for office.

The Town of Okotoks will buy a property downtown on McRae Street near the municipal centre it believes could have a valuable use in the future. Councillors voted to purchase a lot at 8 McRae St. for $685,000.