Okotoks

The Carstar Okotoks Bisons are once again playing for the HJHL South Division final.

They finished off the Cannex Cochrane Generals over the weekend, but just barely.

The Herd went into the weekend up two-games-to-none in the best of five series.

However, the Gens won game three on Friday night in their own barn 4-2 but it was the Bisons charging back on Saturday night for an epic battle.

The game four final was 6-5 in overtime in favour of the Herd. 

The Okotoks Oilers struggled over the weekend resulting in two losses.

The visiting Chilliwack Chiefs came to the Viking Rentals Centre for the first time on Friday night and bowled over the Oil 8-3.

Kade Duell scored all three of the Green and Gold's goals for the natural hat trick. Oilers starting netminder Olivier Ciarlo was pulled after letting in six goals over 24 shots. Ben Vatis made his Oilers debut and stopped 25 of 27 shots faced.

A new study says nurses, midwives and doulas can treat depression and anxiety symptoms experienced during pregnancy and after delivery.

The clinical trial, published today in the journal Nature Medicine, suggests training non-mental health specialists in short-term behavioural therapy can make treatment available for people who don't have a psychologist or psychiatrist.

Lead author Dr. Daisy Singla from the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health says depression and anxiety symptoms affect one in five women who are pregnant or postpartum in Canada and the U.S.

Canada is bracing to see whether U.S. President Donald Trump follows through on his threats of economy-wide tariffs — or whether another last-minute pause materializes, averting a North American trade war.

Trump's executive order to implement 25 per cent tariffs on all Canadian products, with a lower 10 per cent levy on energy, was delayed until Tuesday after Canada agreed to introduce new security measures at the border.

Nine new projects have been funded under the Beef Cattle Research Council (BCRC) 2024 call for proposals.

BCRC funding to the nine projects totals $1.43 million. Each project brings funding from other sources, leveraging producer funding with over $3.1 million.  

Funding decisions are made by the BCRC's producer council based on priorities identified in the Canadian Beef Research and Technology Transfer Strategy.  

While there aren't any fire advisories or bans in the area, it is still important to be fire smart.

Both the M.D. of Willow Creek and the Foothills Fire Department are reminding people to be careful when having a fire, due to the dry grass in the area and high winds we are expected to have.

The warm temperatures on top of the rapid snowmelt have resulted in dead and dry vegetation being exposed, which can be ignited easily and become an intense and fast-moving wildfire.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau clearly signalled his view Sunday that Russian President Vladimir Putin cannot be trusted to keep his word on any agreement to end his attack on Ukraine.

Trudeau expressed unwavering support for Volodymyr Zelenskyy following the Ukrainian president's explosive meeting Friday with U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House.

Tax season is back, and the Town of Diamond Valley has ways to help.

Through FCSS, Family and Community Support Services, they're offering two free income tax filing clinics.

They're set to run Tuesday, March 11 and Tuesday, April 1 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Sheep River Library.

The battle between AI companies and copyright holders notched an early win for publishers in the U.S. in mid-February when a court ruled that a legal research firm didn't have the right to use a rival's content.

But even as the number of legal cases grows, a definite answer to the question of whether artificial intelligence companies can use copyrighted content to train their AI products is still a long way off.

Leaders from Canadian Ukrainian organizations say they are shocked by Friday's clash between U.S. President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, and they are warning this heated exchange should serve as a wake-up call for Canada. 

Trump berated Zelenskyy for being “disrespectful” in an Oval Office meeting, then abruptly called off the signing of a minerals deal that Trump said would have moved Ukraine closer to ending its war with Russia.