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Water is essential to human life, but sometimes people take for granted the water flowing out of their tap with one turn of a handle.

A farmer’s market and community garden is trying to plant some roots in the MD of Foothills and council is eager to see it grow.

Volunteer firefighters will get the same coverage for treating work-related cancers as their full-time brethren.

As he nears to the end of his days in office Premier Ed Stelmach’s legacy is getting mixed reviews in the Highwood riding. Stelmach marked his last day sitting in the legislature when the current session ended on May 12.

A shocking scene met the current owner of the former Okotoks Bible Camp when he went to check on the site just east of Okotoks over the weekend.

A Lethbridge woman is “livid” after learning five of her dog’s puppies she believed were going to a good home are being sold online at a profit in Okotoks.

The Okotoks Fire Department is investigating a residential fire on Woodhaven Drive that broke out early Wednesday afternoon. At around 1:30 p.m., flames consumed the backyard deck of the home at 123 Woodhaven Dr.

Preparations are underway for the upcoming Diamond Valley Parade and Discovery Days taking place June 4 in the Diamond Valley.

Weekend warriors are busy preparing for the May long weekend — the annual kick-off to backcountry camping and off-roading, but weather conditions could put a severe damper on activities in the Foothills.

Ecole Percy Pegler School students were doing something last week that would have been impossible two months ago. They were playing Mission: Impossible for the first time in two years at the school’s gymnasium thanks to the completion of the $4.