Okotoks

The Foothills Flyers U15 Blue team have a new championship banner to hang.

They won the North-South final against the 3 C's Coyotes on Sunday by a final score of 9-1.

The Flyers hosted the Coyotes at the Blackie arena and were relentless right from the puck drop putting in a commanding performance for the victory.

They claimed the banner for the Central Hockey League's U15 Tier 3 W C division.

Four-time Juno award winner Susan Aglukark is coming to Okotoks.

The Inuk singer-songwriter is celebrating the 30th anniversary of her major label debut 'This Child' with a Cross-Canada tour.

Tickets are already on sale for her performance at the Old Church Theatre in downtown Okotoks on the corner of Veteran's Way and Elma Street.

The Foothill Falcons senior basketball teams recently competed to see if they were provincial champions.

The girls began the regional tournament against the Medicine Hat Hawks, where both teams battled it out early on, allowing for a close game between the two teams.

While there were several lead changes throughout the game, both teams' defences played well, and every point was contested, as both teams played with the intensity that the championships bring about.

Two avalanches over the weekend in the Rocky Mountains claimed two lives.

The first avalanche happened on Friday, March 14 in the backcountry of Kananaskis.

The avalanche occurred near Mount Black Prince, just off Highway 742.

The Rotary Club of Okotoks launched its Canadian flag program early this year.

The annual program allows Okotokians to pay $75 to have volunteers from the Rotary Club and the Okotoks Scouts install a large Canadian flag on their front lawn over the Victoria Day, Canada Day, and Labour Day long weekends.

According to the Okotoks Rotary Club's president, Jeff Foss, the decision to open registrations early was prompted by the recent wave of patriotism across the country, and it seems like the decision was the right one.

A new production from an Okotoks musician and playwright is set to debut at the end of March.

The Night of the Murder will be the fourth production written and directed by Maren Ord under her theatre company, Feather Pen Theatre.

It’s a murder mystery musical centred around Kate and Steve, a couple who find themselves in a deadly situation unfolding on a private yacht.

The Okotoks Oilers are in a tight race to make the playoffs in the BCHL.

With only two weekends left of regular league play every point matters.

The Oil had a tough weekend losing both games on Friday and Saturday.

Friday, they headed to Brooks and lost 6-4 to the Bandits and then on Saturday they lost 2-1 to the Cranbrook Bucks.

The BCHL has two conferences with 10 and 11 teams respectively with only the top eight teams making the playoffs.

The Carstar Okotoks Bisons now know who they will face off against for the HJHL Championship banner.

No surprise, it's the Sylvan Lake Wranglers, the #1 team in the North Division.

It's also fitting the top two teams in the Heritage Jr. B league face-off in the final.

The Wranglers finished off the Red Deer Vipers over the weekend ending up sweeping them in three games.

The best-of-five championship series gets underway this upcoming weekend on Friday.

Ian Smith used to spend most of his days behind a desk in the RCMP's Windsor, Ont., detachment, working on investigations and performing administrative duties. As a member of the force's border integrity unit, the constable says he didn't even have to wear his uniform. 

But that recently changed. 

Smith now dons a uniform and body armour as he drives a marked RCMP vehicle to help patrol roughly 800 kilometres of Ontario's border with the United States, in addition to his usual investigative work. 

Mark Carney departed for his first foreign trip on Sunday, set to visit France and the U.K., with an additional stop in Iqaluit, Nvt., during a whirlwind three-day jaunt.

The aim of the trip is to strengthen ties with France and the U.K. and reaffirm Canada's Arctic sovereignty before returning on Tuesday.

Carney is expected to talk about security and economic and trade ties while in Europe, where he will meet with French President Emmanuel Macron and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer.

Carney will also meet with King Charles while in the U.K.