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The things that are done in the name of science. Red Deer Lake student Brielle Lillywhite won a gold medal at the Canada Wide Science Fair for her exhibit which included sticking her arm in a box filled with mosquitoes.

The Okotoks Recreation Centre will be the place to be May 31 if a person wants to work up a sweat or learn how to live a healthy life.

Firefighters just get better by the dozen. The Okotoks Fire Department awarded five firefighters for 12-years of service to the department on May 21 at the fire hall.

A 95-year-old man who knows all about the health benefits of keeping active has made a donation to ensure youths and adults several decades younger than himself will enjoy an active lifestyle in the foothills.

Even in her short but shining life, Courtney Anderson is still having an impact on students and staff at Good Shepherd School.

Environmental information is coming right to your door this summer as part of the Town’s conservation educator program.

A 56-year-old Okotoks man driving a motorcycle was killed after striking a deer in the south side of Calgary early in the morning of May 23. Calgary Police Insp.

High River RCMP are reminding residents to lock their car doors and remove all valuable items from their vehicles after a string of car prowlings during the early moring hours of Sunday, May 18.

“What is gluten?” was the question asked to people who proclaimed to eat a gluten-free diet during a segment for comedian Jimmy Kimmel's TV show. The answers he received ranged from “I don't know,” to “it's what makes you fat.

Okotoks residents will have a reason to smile on Friday, May 30 when three dental offices will team up to offer free dental work on a first come first serve basis for the Dentistry for the Heart event. Orthodontist Darin J.