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Minimum wage increases are on the horizon and some business owners are concerned about how it will affect them. The Province announced in 2015 a three-year plan to increase the minimum wage to $15. On Oct. 1, 2016 the minimum wage will rise from $11.

Street names in two future neighbourhoods in Okotoks’ will defy standard conventions.

Thousands of goldfish have been removed from storm ponds after three rounds of chemical treatment at two locations in Okotoks.

Students have been back to the books for one month and so far traffic through school zones hasn’t been too bad, says municipal enforcement.

A new system is expected to make emergency communications ring loud and clear through the Foothills. Okotoks is the first municipality to use the Alberta First Responder Radio Communications System (AFRRCS) launched in July.

A community effort will help cancer patients get their care close to home. The new $1.6-million High River Community Cancer Centre officially opened its doors last week with a gala at High River Hospital on Thursday.

The effort of a Rotary Club was such that the High River and District Health Care Foundation had to put its presentation of a prestigious award on speed dial.

Stakeholders with the Foothills School Division have the chance to present proposals to improve learning opportunities for students — and those proposals will have financial backing.

A truck-load of concrete, dirt, and garbage left behind in a Davisburg-area ditch has one nearby resident seeing red.

A 20-year-old Calgary woman died and two other people were injured during a single-vehicle rollover south of Turner Valley Tuesday morning. Three occupants in an SUV, all of whom are from Calgary, were travelling southbound at around 10 a.m.