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Vegans around the world will be selling special baked goods for a variety of charitable causes as part of the Worldwide Vegan Bake Sale from April 23 to May 1.

Turner Valley residents will not be seeing much of a tax hike this year as town council approved a budget on par with 2010 at its meeting on April 18. Council approved a total budget of $2.3 million, which is the same as the 2010 budget.

Alberta Transportation is looking at options to relieve some of the traffic congestion along Highway 22 within the MD of Foothills and farther south.

Okotoks RCMP are investigating a suspicious death after a body was found in a ditch south of Spruce Meadows on April 22. A deceased male was found at about 8:25 a.m. on Friday morning alongside 242 Avenue, just west of 80 Street in the MD.

One candidate for the Macleod riding intends to bring up issues he said people aren’t likely to hear from other candidates.

Okotoks town council turned down a motion to study a water pipeline from Calgary, but Foothills-Rocky View MLA Ted Morton said regional water service is likely the best solution.

With less than two weeks left in his the campaign, there is one issue that matters most to Conservative incumbent Ted Menzies: It’s Canada’s economy.

The federal New Democrat Party is gearing up for a possible election and will have a full slate of candidates in Alberta including the Macleod riding.

Almost eight months after area residents spoke out against a proposal for the final phase of the Sheep River Cove development, homeowners in the subdivision are in support of a new plan proposed by Okotoks town council.

It was supposed to become an economic driver for the region and province. It was supposed to produce 30 tons of magnesium per day. It cost the Alberta government $103 million in loan guarantees.