Local News

The case of a man accused of setting his home on fire on New Year’s Day 2010 has been put off again while his neighbour continues to fight to get repairs completed to the Okotoks four-plex damaged in the fire.

he smell of ginger cookies baking in the oven will not waft over the MD of Foothills as of this summer. Anna’s Cookies is closing its High River bakery on June 30.

Plans for industrial and commercial development on the east side of the runway at the Okotoks Airport are being scrapped and the Town and developers are asking residents for input on future development.

They had a right to gripe, or so they thought. Whether it was political advice gone wrong, millions pried from government coffers, or a baseball team left without a pitcher at a snowy tournament in northern B.C., Bill McAlpine wasn’t let off easily.

Don’t be alarmed if the pace in Turner Valley and Black Diamond seems ratcheted up on Feb. 21. People will be flying in and out of local businesses on the hunt for the keys to completing the second annual Family Day Scavenger Hunt.

The Okotoks Dawgs got the green light Monday night to build a new baseball diamond east of Seaman Stadium. Five months after it was first proposed Okotoks council finally voted in favour of a new baseball diamond and soccer pitch. Coun.

A mediation meeting last week between officials from the Bearspaw First Nation and band members seeking a court order to force an election did not produce any results.

After more than 50 years as an auctioneer Eldon Couey has learned a thing or two about human behaviour. The 80-year-old High River resident knows how to read the desires of auction sale attendees.

Dr. Morris Gibson School students are doing their part to help grandmothers and orphans in African countries affected by AIDS.

A local health initiative aimed at improving access to child and family health resources received approval from Alberta Health Services Feb. 14.