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Friends are there when needed. A best friend and the Okotoks community have rallied for a woman who had more than $60,000 worth of water-damage to her home when a bathtub was purposely left overflowing late in April.

An Okotoks firefighter was carrying some extra weight to go along with his approximately 60 pounds of gear he wore as he climbed 55-storeys – some 1,204 steps last weekend.

A Black Diamond cook can be his hardest critic when he steps behind the grill — and he is qualified to do it.

Provincial discounts offered to get Albertans to bring energy efficient products into their homes are not getting a lot of attention say local retailers and renovators.

A number of Foothills organizations have benefitted from the sale of items that have been kept out of the landfill. The Foothills Salvage and Recycling Centre is donating $120,000 among 20 different groups.

Substandard service levels and potentially life-threatening delays have officials with the Foothills Regional Emergency Services Commission (FRESC) demanding rural EMS dispatch in the region be returned to their control.

RCMP speculate alcohol and speed were factors in an early morning collision which killed a man just north of Okotoks.

It takes planning and education to prepare households for a potential emergency.

There is a stack of about 60 arrest warrants in the Okotoks Municipal Enforcement office for people who haven’t paid for tickets. Soon, that stack will no longer exist. As of May 1, all unpaid municipal bylaw tickets will not go to warrant.

More Foothills seniors will receive help from the Province to cover travel costs to attend medical appointments in Calgary.