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The University of Calgary has proposed setting up a carbon capture and storage (CCS) project in the Priddis area to learn more about monitoring carbon dioxide stored underground.

Alberta Health Services is urging more Okotokians to get their flu shots as the agency strives to meet its target of immunizing one-third of the province’s population.

Seven-year-old Noel Young of Calgary is suffering from a rare disease and in need of a stem cell transplant — he is hoping someone in Okotoks will be his saviour. Noel was diagnosed in 2008 with a rare form of chronic granulomatous disease.

All signs show Okotoks’ business community is bouncing back after some down years in terms of growth.

Concerns about lowest bids being rewarded contracts for construction of school facilities are being raised by local school boards after both had to halt work done by the same contractor. Foothills School Division claimed Bayview Constructors Inc.

A series of community forums will be held at the end of this month in Turner Valley, High River, Nanton and Cowley to give local residents an opportunity to voice their opinions on future land use in the Southern Alberta Foothills.

Some Black Diamond residents could be getting a soapy surprise with their showers running dry as Town operators are forced to shut off their home’s water.

Sudanese citizens throughout the foothills celebrated the results of Sunday’s referendum paving the way for the independence of South Sudan.

Albertans would have a right to compensation whenever a government decision impacted their land and their property rights would be enshrined, if the Wildrose Alliance Party leader has her way.

It’s a year after a massive earthquake devastated Haiti and the island country is still in shambles. The Jan. 12, 2010 quake left what was already one of the poorest countries in the world in ruins.