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The earth began to move on Sept. 2 as crews started hauling the massive dirt pile in Wylie Park to a third party location near Aldersyde.

Local sports groups will have more place to train, play and compete when the Foothills-Okotoks Field House opens next week. The long-awaited facility will open to the public on the morning of Monday, Sept. 8.

Okotoks residents will have a chance to get their feet moving and their tails wagging in an effort to fight back against cancer this fall. The Canadian Cancer Society is hosting a “Bark for Life” event in town on Oct. 18 at Cimarron Park.

The Town has given the green light to developers working on new subdivisions in the Air Ranch and Drake Landing areas to build new homes after recently acquiring two new water licenses.

Okotoks council is divided on how charitable the Town should be, with some councillors looking for guidelines on donations the town makes, and others looking to stop them altogether. At their Aug.

Taking a stroll downtown will be a bit more challenging for the next month, as crews work to repair sidewalk paving stones along Elizabeth St. from Southridge Dr. to Centre Ave.

The orange glow of the night sky over Okotoks is going to start looking a little different as the Town slowly begins implementing LED streetlights. On Aug.

Okotoks town council begrudgingly dished out another $460,000 to go towards removing a massive dirt pile behind the homes of Downey Green residents, which was moved there as part of the Wylie Park pathway project.

Cargill Foods Ltd. was handed an $80,000 fine for not immediately telling provincial regulators an employee tampered with samples of wastewater sent for testing.

Sure, St. Luke’s Outreach School is an alternative for students not wishing to go the traditional route. However, that doesn’t mean it can get away from the traditional mild madness which all schools face on that first day of school.