Okotoks News

Barlow, the Okotoks Western Wheel's associate publisher and editor, won the nomination to become the party's candidate in Okotoks on March 8. Barlow defeated Springbank businessman Scott Wagner, Blackie area farmer Phil Rowland and High River resident and University of Calgary researcher Melissa Mathieson.

Foothills municipal leaders are questioning whether there will be enough money available from the provincial government to help pay for much needed water pipelines in the region.

After a nearly 20-year absence, the Provincial Court of Alberta is set to resume hearing cases in Turner Valley.

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A newspaper editor from Okotoks, Alta. came out on top in a hotly contested battle for the Conservative nomination in Macleod, a sprawling rural riding south of Calgary.

The Calgary Board of Education has asked the Alberta government to use a traditional design-bid-build approach for new school construction, due to worries about delays with the public-private partnership process.

Environment Canada says southern Albertans will finally be freed from the deep freeze starting Saturday with a forecast high of 10 C and heating up to 16 C by Sunday.

The 114th annual event was held March 6 with smaller than usual entries from Alberta Hereford and Angus breeders.

Residents south of the Okotoks Wastewater Treatment Plant won't be holding their noses for much longer, with a new $1.3 million odour control filter set to be operational by May. The intent behind the odour control project, which was approved by council in the 2013 capital budget with a price tag of $1.379 million, is to capture as much of the ... (more)

Ted Menzies has resigned as the MP for the Macleod riding. That brings us to a vote this week to select a new Conservative candidate.

Calgary comedian Jeremy Furlong will bring his comedy act to the Rotary Performing Arts Centre in Okotoks on March 8 at 8 p.m. Joining Furlong is Fort Saskatchewan comedian Sean Lecomber.

A Calgary man faces more than 100 charges after police uncovered stolen property believed to be related to rural break-ins, including guns and sports equipment.

Water use in Okotoks continued to drop in 2013 and the Town is looking to build on its record with a new conservation plan.

According to the Alberta Junior Hockey League website on Monday, Canmore Eagles' defenseman Trey Phillips of Okotoks, Alberta has been named the Alberta Junior Hockey League's most valuable player and top defenseman for the 2013-14 season.

Melissa Mathieson says her social-worker parents were horrified 13 years ago when she put up posters on her bedroom wall of her first serious crush.

The trial into the murder of a Filipina woman killed shortly after arriving in Okotoks ended Thursday with the jury hearing two very different versions of the deadly fight that happened two years ago.

Under intense cross-examination before a Calgary jury, Crown prosecutor Ron Simenik suggested the Okotoks resident intentionally killed Teresa Enrique April 17, 2012 when she pushed him too far.

Musher Jennifer Campeau is seen at the 2014 Canadian Challenge Sled Dog Race's downtown Prince Albert starting line on Tuesday.

It may only be a week since Valentine's Day, but cutting back on sugar is something that can benefit your health in the long-term.

Once again I'm shocked but not surprised. This time it was the news that the Town is apparently falling over itself in the rush to hand taxpayers' money over to the public school board to help pay for a new theatre.