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For 17 years Rob Maker has been pulling his garbage can from his garage to the sidewalk in front of his house, but next month his garbage pick-up will move to the alley – a change that isn’t pleasing Maker and several of his neighbours.

The Town of Okotoks has added purchased a water license that will allow for the construction of approximately 50 new homes or provide water for new commercial or business development.

An Okotoks family took in a once-in-a-lifetime event this weekend when they watched the FIFA Women’s World Cup in Vancouver. It is the first time the competition has been held in Canada.

The Priddis community is mourning the loss of one of its own after a man was killed in a single vehicle rollover while attempting to avoid a deer near his home on July 6.

An Okotoks teen with a distinctive voice is only a step away from having a massive international audience. Okotoks songstress Samm Smith is only 15-years-old and is one audition away from trying to turn the chairs of international pop superstars.

A man was fished out of the Highwood River east of Okotoks at approximately 9:30 a.m. on July 4. The man jumped off a cliff into the Highwood near Nature's Hideaway campground when it is believed he broke his leg after hitting a rock.

Okotoks RCMP are hoping to reunite lost items found by good Samaritans with their rightful owners. On May 2, two ladies rings were turned in to the Okotoks RCMP detachment. Const.

Okotoks RCMP are piecing together what led to a single vehicle rollover on Deerfoot Trail near Dunbow Road early Sunday morning. Two 17-year-old men were thrown from a truck travelling on northbound Deerfoot Trail at 8:45 a.m.

Pedestrians in the Okotoks business park will get a safer place to walk between 32nd street and North Railway Street. The Town is planning to build a 1.5 metre wide sidewalk on the north side of Stockton Avenue through the area.

Rainfall may be lower in the Foothills so far this growing season, but the ultimate fate for this year’s crops are not yet set, says a provincial agricultural specialist.