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Western Feedlots is shutting down in the face of low prices and what it calls a poor economic environment. The 58-year-old feedlot announced Sept.

Young hockey players in Okotoks will soon have a place to call home. The Okotoks Minor Hockey association will get office space in an expanded Pason Centennial Arena after a new agreement with town council.

Talks are underway for Okotoks’ 2017 budget, but the Town is treading carefully in a weak economy. Guidelines for the Okotoks 2017 budget were laid out by finance and systems director Rolland Russell during council’s Sept. 12 meeting.

One year after being resurrected, the Okotoks Citizens on Patrol is gaining momentum and looking for more volunteers. Denyse Geiger, president of the Okotoks COP, said membership tends to hover around 20 people.

September is an expensive month for many families, with the beginning of the school year rivaling the holiday season for the amount of money they end up having to shell out.

An Aldersyde-area woman wants to make sure her voice is heard in the discussions about overland flooding east of Okotoks.

Alberta’s NDP government did not follow through on its campaign promise to eliminate school fees in this year’s provincial budget, but it remains committed to doing so in coming years.

Teachers and local RCMP want students and parents to learn important lessons about online safety as students go back to school.

Harvest 2016 may be a race to the finish line for farmers, according to the MD of Foothills agriculture fieldman. “It’s going to be a fight for harvest just with the cycle that we’ve had here,” said Jeff Porter.

A woman was taken to hospital with serious injuries after a motorcycle she was driving hit a hay bale that fell off a trailer on Highway 23 near Blackie on Sept. 18.