Okotoks

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Liberal MP Kody Blois says to expect more high-level visits to China, as Canada tries working out a trade spat targeting Canadian canola.

Blois is the parliamentary secretary to Prime Minister Mark Carney, and he joined Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe on a visit to China earlier this month to advocate for Beijing to drop its tariffs on Canadian canola.

China imposed significant tariffs on Canadian canola this year following Ottawa's move to match U.S. tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles.

The Alberta government and the teachers’ union are back at the bargaining table with under three weeks to go before a possible provincewide strike.

Finance Minister Nate Horner’s office confirmed in a Friday statement that bargaining with the Alberta Teachers' Association has resumed and the government is presenting its deal.

The union, in an update to its members Thursday, said the government's deal will be a response to the union's latest proposal tabled last week. Union president Jason Schilling hasn't said what the latest offer includes.

The Alberta New Democratic Party (NDP) Better Together town hall came to Okotoks on Thursday (Sept. 18) evening.  

The discussion gave residents a chance to vote on the topics that matter the most to them.  

“These are not serial monologues where people get the mic and speak their piece and sit down,” Naheed Nenshi, Alberta NDP Leader, said. “We're asking people to talk to their neighbours.”  

The Town of Okotoks has welcomed back a beloved piece of art.  

The bronze buffalo head sculpture was repaired and reinstalled on Sept. 16, after it went missing and was found damaged earlier this year.  

An act of kindness has restored one Nanton resident’s faith in humanity.   

While running errands in Okotoks, Christina Muldoon accidentally dropped $120 in cash without noticing.  

She had planned to use the cash to get gas, groceries, and pay a few bills.   

However, when she got to Nanton, the cash wasn’t in her bag.   

A stolen vehicle investigation led to the injury of an RCMP officer and an arrest on Wednesday, Sept. 17.

Foothills County RCMP spotted a stolen GMC Sierra in the Eden Valley area, speeding along Stoney Trail.

The suspect swerved into a stopped police cruiser, causing major damage to both vehicles and injuring the officer inside.

Despite the injury, the officer arrested 18-year-old Eden Valley resident Shantaya Lefthand.

She faces the following charges:

Alberta Fish and Wildlife Enforcement Services (FWES) has laid dozens of charges against five people following extensive investigations into poaching and illegal wildlife trafficking, including activities tied to the Eden Valley First Nation.

Among those charged is Simon Paul, a fugitive from Montana who was wanted in the U.S. for killing and trafficking birds of prey. Investigators say Paul had been living in Alberta and was connected to both the Stoney Nakoda and Eden Valley First Nations through local contacts.

Drivers in Vulcan County are advised to give themselves some extra commute time while construction crews rebuild a county road.   

Vulcan County’s public works crew is rebuilding Range Road 212 and Township Road 151, which lead into the Little Bow Resort and the Southern Alberta Bible Camp community.   

The project is expected to be completed in three weeks.   

Newly released documents show Ottawa has spent almost $1.3 billion on cloud services provided by U.S. companies, with most of the money going to Microsoft — and its uses include what it calls "mission-critical" defence applications.

The information was shared in a government response to a question posed by Conservative MP Todd Doherty. He asked government departments and agencies how much they have spent since 2021 on cloud services provided by Amazon, Microsoft and Google, and to identify which of those cloud services cover critical government functions.