Opinion

Lewis Memorial United Church is hosting a “Gift of Song” at 7 p.m. on Nov. 9 at the Turner Valley School on 114 Royal Avenue. This is a benefit concert for the High River United Church.

For a large part of the last century, Canada was primarily an agrarian country. Our very identify was shaped by images of farmers harvesting the yield of vast wheat fields in the prairies, milking cows in Ontario and Quebec, digging up potatoes in P.

As I drove into Okotoks on Saturday, I saw wave after wave of crows, so get out the snow shovels, folks. When the crows flock up to go south, you can bet that summer is over. The information in the High Country News concerning St.

It is disappointing for sure and I must say surprising. After the recount last week it was made official only 25 per cent of the eligible voters turned out to the polls for the Okotoks municipal election on Oct. 21.

In celebration of the recent birth of Prince George of Cambridge, third in line to the British throne, the Okotoks Public Library is hosting a “Prince & Princess for the Day” party Thursday, Oct. 17.

Monday, Oct. 21 is election day. Check out the Wheel website today for all the election news in the Foothills area. Click on our election link along the top bar.

I hope you have picked up your free ticket to hear Paul Rumbolt tell us how every song has a story at the Sheep River Library, Oct. 17 at 7 p.m. We thoroughly enjoyed Brian Keating last week although we drove home in a very unexpected snowstorm.

It is the homestretch for the municipal election and residents in foothills communities have some difficult decisions to make on Monday.

Elections, whether they be municipal, provincial or federal, are nearly always exciting. The Oct.

Are you eligible to vote in the upcoming election? A person is entitled to vote in a local municipality if on election day: they are at least 18 years old, are a Canadian citizen, reside in the local municipality on election day and have resided in A