Local News

A couple of Mount Royal University students say they’ve enjoyed interacting with Okotoks residents this summer and gained invaluable experience working for the Town.

A Foothills couple is appealing for help to bail them out and protect their home east of Okotoks after more than a decade of fighting against water pouring in from neighbouring land.

Some Priddis-area residents are fed up with cyclists riding two and three abreast on Foothills roads.

Enjoy the long weekend, but stay safe on the roads and don’t drink and drive, say Okotoks RCMP. “Not only don’t drink and drive, but also don’t be impaired by other drugs as well,” said Okotoks RCMP Sgt. Sukh Randhawa.

The Town of Okotoks is replacing water meters in thousands of homes and businesses to bring them up to date. The Town is working with EPCOR and Corix Water products to install new metres and upgrade some existing models to replace.

The Foothills AIM Society is weeks away from resolving a major space crunch in Okotoks that forced it to stop accepting new clients earlier this year.

CP Rail officials are warning people to stay off the train tracks in Okotoks after a train was forced to stop to avoid hitting several teens in the Riverside Park area last week.

A new home for the Bibles for Missions Thrift Store will provide more room for retail space and officials with the store say it will help the organization support causes in Okotoks and abroad.

There are no confirmed cases of giant hogweed in the MD of Foothills, despite a recent rash of reports of the invasive and potentially harmful plant received by the MD of Foothills.

A group of passionate community members are connecting Okotoks residents one neighbourhood at a time. The neighbourhood connectors program has returned for a second year after running as a pilot project over the summer in 2015.