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The town has brought in some help in an attempt to squeeze some money out of the provincial government, but a Wildrose MLA is questioning the motives behind the move.

Registration is officially open for 400 future business owners who will be putting their entrepreneurial skills to work this summer as part of Okotoks’ first Lemonade Day.

The Provincial government will be digging into Albertan’s wallets in an effort to bail itself out of a $7 billion revenue shortfall this year.

There will be less money available for water projects after funding was cut to the Water for Life Program in last week’s provincial budget.

Okotoks RCMP are looking for anyone who may have seen people fleeing The Source after an armed robbery attempt was made at that store last week. At 8:55 p.m.

Former Wildrose Party leader Danielle Smith is on her way out of the provincial legislature after Okotoks town coun. Carrie Fischer won the Highwood Progressive Conservative nomination.

Foothills School Division will proceed with plans to build a high school near the Legacy Regional Field House despite a Town of Okotoks press release stating it is premature to commission architectural designs for the site.

A Calgary man’s lead-footed driving cost him. On March 9, Henok Tekie, of Calgary, was fined $800 for speeding 75 km-per-hour over the speed limit on Highway 2A north of Okotoks.

Okotoks will likely not see any money to build a water pipeline from Calgary when the Province announces it budget this week.

No money was taken and luckily no one was injured in an early morning armed robbery attempt at an Okotoks gas station. A lone male walked into the Okotoks Fas Gas sometime during the early morning hours on March 16 at about 1:50 a.m.