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Blackie School parents told Alberta’s education minister last week they want children at rural schools get the same opportunities as their urban counterparts.

Plans and pie-making are well underway for a community event known for bringing people together. The seventh annual Davisburg Community Association’s Turkey Supper is on Oct. 1 at the Davisburg Hall.

The shelves at the Okotoks Food Bank are overflowing after tens of thousands of pounds of items were donated during a community-wide food drive Saturday.

Okotoks RCMP are hoping a sketch of suspected wanted for assaulting two security guards at Spruce Meadows on Sept. 9 will help lead to his arrest.

Student numbers continue to grow at Foothills schools, but local education officials say slower growth rates so far this year are a welcome reprieve.

A piece of railway history is being donated for the enjoyment and education of Foothills residents.

A one-of-a-kind addiction treatment program helping women keep their homes and children together while seeking help for substance abuse and mental health issues will welcome its first clients this week.

A teen killer, who is now 44, has again gained more freedom from prison. Bradley Paetsch, who changed his name to Tristan Ryan, was 18-years-old when he killed his then 16-year-old on-again off-again girlfriend Stephanie Spooner in her Okotoks home.

The Provincial government is taking Okotoks’ plans to annex 1,950 hectares of land from the MD of Foothills to the public. The Alberta Municipal Government Board (MGB) scheduled a public hearing for the annexation on Oct.

The MD of Foothills is taking steps toward more collaboration within the Calgary area ahead of the formation of a regional growth management board.