Okotoks

Cavalry FC is inviting young soccer players to ATCO Field this weekend as part of its annual Minor Soccer Day celebration.

The club is hosting a match against York United, with the event set to include giveaways, live music and family-friendly activities.

As part of the day, Cavalry has partnered with Team Town Sports to give away 1,000 soccer balls.

The goal is to show how perseverance and commitment can lead to real results for young athletes.

Southbound traffic experienced delays north of Okotoks on Thursday (June 5) evening due to a vehicle breakdown.

The incident occurred on Highway 2A, just south of the overpass.

The vehicle broke down in the left shoulder and was partially blocking the left lane, forcing drivers to navigate around it.

The scene has now been cleared, and traffic flow has resumed.

Alberta's government has ditched a new fee schedule for breweries that would have seen the province's oldest beer maker pay significantly more in taxes.

The schedule, introduced in February after Alberta tabled its budget, substantially lowered the production threshold breweries needed to meet before they paid the highest fee to the government, while also adjusting the production limits and fees building up to the cap.

The 2025 Okotoks Film Festival (OFF) kicked off on Wednesday, June 5, and the house was packed.

Attendees flocked to Okotoks Cinemas on the event's opening night, with tickets selling out for the first time in OFF history.

The night began with a screening of the short film Finding French 50, followed by the made-in-Alberta feature The Ties That Bind, a harrowing political period piece set in small-town Alberta during the Great Depression.

The Taber Police Service received a call this morning (June 5) about an intact grenade.

This morning, the Taber Interpretive Centre Museum called the police because staff at the museum found an old intact grenade.

The Taber Police took to Facebook early this afternoon to let the public know the museum and the Aquafum Centre were closed out of caution.

Police will remain on scene until bomb disposal experts can deal with the grenade.

A local youth activist is hoping to share the voices of youth from across the globe at the upcoming G7 Summit in Kananaskis.   

Grade 11 student Nolan Asplund took to social media in the spring to gather input from youth locally and internationally on a range of topics and issues they want world leaders to address.  

Okotokians will be able to watch a Soap Box Derby this weekend.

For the 35th year, the Rotary Club of Okotoks is putting on their Annual Rotary Club of Okotoks Soap Box Derby this Saturday, June 7.

According to the Rotary Club of Okotoks President, Jeff Foss, there will be over 100 kids between the ages of 8 and 14 competing to see who has the fastest cart.

"Each kid will have an opportunity to race in each of the four lanes," Foss explains. "And then the final heat will determine the winners of each heat."

Canada Post will soon issue its fourth set of stamps honouring Indigenous leaders in Canada.

This is part of a multi-year series that honours the lives and legacies of Indigenous leaders by immortalizing them on a stamp.

One of those they are honouring is Bruce Starlight from Tsúut'ínà Nation.

Starlight is an Elder and Knowledge Keeper who has spent over 50 years working to save his language and culture from extinction.

He was born in Tsúut'ínà Nation in 1947 and has served as a language commissioner for his community.

Manitoba’s farm groups are happy about a new bill to reduce the regulation red tape hindering interprovincial trade.

Manitoba’s farm groups say they’re glad to see the province’s latest effort to break down interprovincial trade barriers.

The Weather Network's Summer Forecast is calling for above-normal temperatures for the Prairies.

The southern half of the provinces will experience well-above-normal temperatures due to a heat dome in the U.S.

A heat dome occurs when a high-pressure system traps hot air over a region, causing prolonged periods of extreme heat. 

Meteorologist Rhythm Reet says this means we could see excessive heat for a longer period and more frequent heat waves; it also influences where the storm track will be setting up.