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There will be celebrations aplenty across the Foothills, from Blackie to Millarville in recognition of this country’s 152 anniversary.

My, my, it’s been a busy week. There are three whopping announcements out of Ottawa to leave us with something to think about over the summer.

As Canada is less than two weeks from celebrating its 152nd birthday, it was heart-warming and downright thrilling to see its citizens ‘enraptored’ in a sporting event not seen practically since the day Paul Henderson scored his famous goal in 1972.

Okotoks has dodged the crisis of not being able to get rid of its recyclable plastic for now, but it’s just dodging what has become a major problem, with literally boat loads of the stuff ready to be shipped back to Canada.

They appear every spring and for some, they are more annoying than mosquitoes and even harder to avoid.

Sometimes you have to put some money down to live up to one’s commitments. Okotoks has always justifiably taken pride in its green mandate and striving for sustainability and being concerned about environmental issues in the community.

Students from Kindergarten to Grade 12 are taking steps to correct wrongs for which they are not responsible. Longview School students got the ball rolling early in the school year when they helped create a land acknowledgment for Treaty 7.

Some Foothills area students took a break from school last week.

The four-week race is over, and residents in the Foothills can put the 2019 provincial election behind them for another four years.

Albertans are going to the polls in less than a week after four weeks of a campaign that, particularly at the leadership level, has had a bit more mud-slinging than in the past.