Local News

When distraught Fort McMurray residents returned back to their homes they weren't alone.

School is finally out for summer. Approximately 320 students in the Foothills School Division’s summer school program can close their schoolbooks at the end of this week and enjoy the remaining holidays.

A 24-year-old man and a 16-year-old youth charged in a stolen vehicle pursuit in Okotoks that ended with a collision between an RCMP SUV and Volker Stevin pick-up truck were in court last week.

Bearspaw Band members in Eden Valley will vote for chief and two band councilors Dec. 6. The last two Bearspaw Band elections were held in August in 2011 and 2013.

A Calgary woman will serve a five-month jail sentence on weekends for trying to carjack another woman in the Okotoks Home Depot parking lot in late March.

Okotoks RCMP are cautioning parents to keep track of their children after a suspicious male approached two youth in a park July 22.

Garo Yanikyan has been a jeweler in Okotoks for more than 30 years, but relentless theft over the last five years is leaving a heavy toll. Yanikyan owns Wild Rose Jewelry on Elizabeth Street and said thieves are constantly targeting his business.

Elma Street residents surprised and upset by plans to take the jog out of the road crosses Veterans Way were pleased when council nixed the idea this week. Okotoks council voted unanimously to leave Elma Street as is Monday afternoon.

Okotoks community garden is growing by popular demand. The garden, located at the east end of McRae street, currently has 35 plots and another 25 on the wait list.

The province has put a stop to excavation in a wetland west of Okotoks along Highway 549 near the Sandstone Coulee. Environment and Parks spokesperson Kyle Ferguson said they investigated a complaint about unauthorized work in a wetland.