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An Okotoks woman proved you’re never too old to try new things at her 100th birthday party last week.

A fundraising initiative in Priddis that would see a multi-purpose built in the hamlet is relying on the community to make it a reality.

Everyone is invited to help spring clean the town this weekend. The annual Sheep River Valley Clean-Up and Tree Planting takes place from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on May 6, beginning at Ethel Tucker Centennial Park.

The Wildrose Party leader believes his party would defeat the NDP government in an election, but he continues to support efforts to form a new entity with Alberta’s Progressive Conservatives.

A gentle welder could make a strong stand when it came to his community. Ted Lineham, who served as an Okotoks councillor in the 1980s, died on April 21 at the age of 86. “Ted was a guy with no B.S.

RCMP are turning to the public for assistance in finding a missing Okotoks man after searches in Banff National Park have come up empty. Kevin Sadownyk, 51, was last seen at approximately 10 a.m. on April 24 at his wife’s home in Okotoks.

A disturbing case alleging the recruiting of Okotoks teens into prostitution could be resolved by the end of the month.

Andrew Gustafson isn’t naïve when it comes to technology – or at least he thought he wasn’t. That was until he attended an online safety talk for parents with his children’s school’s resource officer, Const. Rita Gillis.

Proposed changes to provincial legislation could address the Town of Okotoks' long-standing concerns over the impact of development outside its border on Town services.

Goldfish have been reported in two ponds in Okotoks’ northeast corner more than six months after a chemical treatment intended to eradicate the fish was completed.