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GALLERY: The Week in Photos - May 9-15

Here are some scenes from the community over the past week.
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Country singer-songwriter Corb Lund performs to a full house at the Twin Cities Saloon in Longview on May 11.

Country singer-songwriter Corb Lund played to an intimate crowd at the Twin Cities Saloon in Black Diamond, opened by Falen Nelson and Braedon Rouse.

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Falen Nelson and Braedon Rouse give a performance opening for country singer-songwriter Corb Lund at the Twin Cities Saloon in Longview on May 11. Brent Calver/OkotoksTODAY
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Country singer-songwriter Corb Lund performs to a full house at the Twin Cities Saloon in Longview on May 11.
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Concert-goers dance as country singer-songwriter Corb Lund performs to a full house at the Twin Cities Saloon in Longview on May 11. Brent Calver/OkotoksTODAY

 Back in Okotoks, crowds packed the lot outside Pason Centennial Arena for Hometown Hockey.

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Fans gather at the Hometown Hockey event outside Pason Centennial Arena in Okotoks on May 11. Game 5 of the Calgary Flames playoff series against the Dallas Stars was streamed to a giant screen, where the Flames ultimately took a 3-1 win. Brent Calver/OkotoksTODAY
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Meg Mitchell dances with her daughter Finley during Hometown Hockey event outside Pason Centennial Arena in Okotoks on May 11. Game 5 of the Calgary Flames playoff series against the Dallas Stars was streamed to a giant screen, where the Flames ultimately took a 3-1 win. Brent Calver/OkotoksTODAY
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Paz performs his Hockey Circus Show at the Hometown Hockey event outside Pason Centennial Arena in Okotoks on May 11. Game 5 of the Calgary Flames playoff series against the Dallas Stars was streamed to a giant screen, where the Flames ultimately took a 3-1 win. Brent Calver/OkotoksTODAY

The Foothills Falcons boys and girls rugby teams played on home turf against Strathcona-Tweedsmuir and Highwood High School.

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Strathcona-Tweedsmuir Spartan Zayden Rabie finds open field against the Foothills Falcons at Falcons field on May 12. Brent Calver/OkotoksTODAY
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The Foothills Falcons girls rugby team took on the Highwood Mustangs at the Falcons field on May 12. Brent Calver/OkotoksTODAY

Friday saw multiple collisions, thankfully wiithout significant injuries.

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Emergency crews attend a collision on Big Rock Trail near Okotoks on May 13. Brent Calver/OkotoksTODAY
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A car lays on its side near 338 Avenues East near the intersection with Highway 2 in Foothills County on May 13. The patient was transported to hospital via ambulance as a precaution.

Golfers got the chance to tee off as courses open up.

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A golfer tees off at D'Arcy Ranch Golf Club on May 13. Courses across the Foothills are now open for the season. Brent Calver/OkotoksTODAY

The Big Rock Singers brought back their spring special with Latin Nights, including two popular numbers from Disney's Encanto.

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Jessica Bailey performs a solo singing Isabela's solo in We Don't Talk About Bruno from Pixar's 'Encanto' during the Big Rock Singers' spring show "Latin Nights" at the Foothills Centennial Centre on May 14. Brent Calver/OkotoksTODAY
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The Big Rock Singers perform their spring show 'Latin Nights' at the Foothills Centennial Centre on May 14. Brent Calver/OkotoksTODAY

 Sea cadets from 360 RCSCC Erratic got to put their skills to the test in an 'Amazing Race'.

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CPO2 Allydia Blackburn and MC Joshua Critchley of the RCSCC Erratic 360 Sea Cadets spray a target with a fire hose after donning firefighter bunker gear at Okotoks Fire Department Station 2 on May 14.  Brent Calver/OkotoksTODAY
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360 RCSCC Erratic Sea Cadets, from left, CPO2 Fen Wright-Griggs, CPO2 Elizabeth Wallace, and OC Grayson Billings examine a map in an orientering challenge at Sheep River Park on May 14. Brent Calver/OkotoksTODAY

 

The World War II victory in Europe was commemorated at the cenotaph by the Okotoks Legio Branch 291, accompanied by the Okotoks Sea Cadets.

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Okotoks Legion Branch 291 members, joined by Okotoks Sea Cadets, take part in a ceremony marking Victory in Europe Day at the Cenotaph on May 15. the event celebrated the official May 8, 1945 surrender of Nazi Germany in the Second World War. Brent Calver/OkotoksTODAY

 

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