Okotoks News

Water services have been restored to the majority of homes in Okotoks' north side after a water line was broken this afternoon.

It's hard to believe, but the Calgary Stampede is well past the halfway mark. So far it has run like a clock.

The first day of July wasn't just a day for 75 people to celebrate Canada, it was the day they were finally able to call it home.

Okotoks and area residents have an invitation to do just that in the 27th annual Big Rock Garden Tour on July 19 when 10 of Okotoks' most beautiful gardens are opened to visitors For $10 ticket buyers can take a self-guided tour through the gardens, with all proceeds going to the Foothills Country Hospice for support with its landscaping projects.

Okotoks Mayor Bill Robertson gets dunked at The George Traditional House's Stampede Charity Fundraiser last year.

Edmonton's population is set to increase by one million people in the next three decades, the province believes, but the real growth may be hiding outside the city limits.

Okotoks is continuing to own its environmentally friendly reputation with 50 per cent of eligible households currently subscribed to the Curb It Curbside Recycling Program.

Clarence 'Slim' Watrin competing at the Calgary Stampede. He won the North American bronc riding championship at the Calgary Stampede in 1928.

Okotoks RCMP are awaiting results from the medical examiner to determine if the body of a young man found in the Bow River on July 5 is that of Justin McNeil.

A Honda Odyssey was travelling eastbound on Township Road 204 near Okotoks when crossed the southbound lanes of Highway 2, in the path of a 1999 Harley Davidson motorcycle.

Justin McNeil, a 19-year-old from Glace Bay is missing after falling into a river near Calgary on Sunday.

It wouldn't be Stampede without an afternoon hailstorm to cool down the city and Environment Canada is warning Calgary could see just that.

One is an illustrated mobile book and app about a natural disaster that exposes small-town corruption.

Okotoks town council put the brakes to a decision to change the hours for school and playground zones in town.

Growing communities in the foothills could get a transit connection to Calgary, if a new study shows there is enough demand for a service.

You don't need a library card to check out a book at the newest library in Okotoks.

Okotoks town council will have the final say on where adult businesses like erotic clubs, adult video stores, smoke shops and casinos can be located.

Original artwork from former Swift Current artist Bernie Brown is featured on new $10 and $25 silver collector coins issued by the Royal Canadian Mint.

Three young Okotoks dancers will kick up their heels on the grandstand stage during the 'greatest outdoor show on earth' this month.

John Barlow, the former editor and associate publisher of the Okotoks Western Wheel, was unofficially declared the winner of the Macleod riding byelection at approximately 8 p.m., 30 minutes after the polls closed on Monday.