Okotoks News

New charges have been laid against a 27-year-old woman from Okotoks, Alta., after a police pursuit across southern Saskatchewan that ended on the set of the "Corner Gas" movie.

Further to the release sent out yesterday . RCMP in Milestone have laid additional charges against 27 year old Stephanie Martens from Okotoks, Alberta.

BRUCE PARKER Brooks Bulletin Like many people, George Hillier has been touched by cancer.

A truck that had been stolen in Calgary, but bearing Manitoba license plates was abandoned in Rouleau, SK at the Corner Gas movie set Saturday after a high-speed chase.

Amputee Chris Cederstrand wants to raise enough money for a high-tech leg that will allow him to pursue his dream of being a re ghter.

Four people were rushed to hospital Thursday morning following a crash in Okotoks, which led to highway road closures in the area.

Witnesses say convicted killer Joseph Wood gasped hundreds of times after the lethal injection was administered in Arizona Wednesday.

You won't be receiving speeding tickets in the mail any time soon, as municipal enforcement says the town isn't ready for photo radar - yet.

As the town moves forward with annexation and plans to triple its population size in the next 30 years, some are asking whether its it time for Okotoks make the official change from town to city.

The Okotoks Erratic and Calgary Irish are locked up 1-1 in the best-of-three Senior C South final with little to choose between the Rocky Mountain Lacrosse League clubs.

Sheep River RunHers Andrea D'silva-Siqueira, Sally Zerk and Rachel Crocker go for a run on the Okotoks paths Friday.

As the population of Okotoks approaches 30,000 people, the town is facing growing pains - chief among them concerns about water supply.

Two motorcyclists were sent to hospital Friday morning following two separate crashes, one in southeast Calgary and another in Okotoks.

Okotoks firefighters are giving young burn victims a chance to forget about their scars and injuries and spend a week outdoors at camp.

Christ the Redeemer Catholic Schools' Centre for Learning is moving from its current facilities - in three separate Okotoks buildings - to a building near Costco.

An employee at Bistro Provence serves up food at last year's First Saturdays event.

Former Okotoks resident Kyle Heck, right, with Brett Track, of Vancouver, and Chloe Bardos, of Montreal, stands in front of the Moulin Rouge in Paris, France where he dances six nights a week in the performance Feerie.

Although it's been more than a year since floodwater ravaged southern Alberta homes, businesses and landscapes, local musicians are returning to the stage to lend a hand in the Sounds of Strength benefit concert at the Okotoks United Church July 19 at 7 p.m. to raise money for the High River Food Bank.

As Okotoks' population creeps closer to 30,000 the town is still working on finding a long term solution for water, and more importantly, how to fund it.

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