Local News

Two women are in custody after an attempted robbery in a parking lot outside a Southbank-area business. Okotoks RCMP responded to the Okotoks Home Depot on March 26 at approximately 4:30 p.m.

A man accused in a string of break-ins and car thefts in the High River area and other southern Alberta communities was arrested in Medicine Hat. On Feb.

Highway 2 southbound was reduced to one lane due to a collision at the intersection of 338 Avenue around 5:45 p.m.

A woman and preschool-aged child are in hospital after their car collided with a truck on Highway 2 Thursday afternoon. At approximately 5:30 p.m.

Okotoks RCMP are investigating a call about a 15-year-old boy being punched in the face while walking in front of Foothills Composite High School this week.

The terrorist attack in Belgium last week has not deterred both Okotoks area school divisions from allowing students to go on sanctioned trips to Europe during the Easter break.

Town staff will flatten and remove two large dirt ramps dug into the side of the river valley in the Drake Landing area, but Okotoks parks manager is hoping to get a little help with the job.

Okotoks parks staff will repair damage caused when someone dug stairs into a steep section of the river valley escarpment near the Cimarron area.

The site of a former local landmark devastated by fire could house a community market this summer. Town council agreed March 14 to operate a market at the Old Creamery Building site on Riverside Drive as it debates a long-term plan for the location.

It remains a divisive issue across the country, but doctor-assisted death will become legal in Canada this spring. As of June 6, 2016, physician-assisted suicide will be legal.