Okotoks

A part of D'Arcy Boulevard will be closed, thanks to some stormwater connection work.

Crews will be doing the stormwater connection work at D'Arcy Boulevard from Birch Glen to Sandstone Drive, starting next week.

The work and closure are scheduled to happen from Aug. 25 to 26, with the work happening form 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.

While the crews are completing the work, there will be a full road closure between Birch Glen and Sandstone Drive, but detours will be in place 24/7.

Progress is continuing to be made on the aquatic expansion project at the Bob Snodgrass Recreation Complex (BSRC).  

High River Town Council reviewed the recent milestones achieved during the Aug. 11 regular meeting.  

Recently, the leisure pool and hot tub slab base have been poured, and the stairs to the waterslide platform have been poured.  

An Alberta taxpayers advocate is applauding the provincial government's latest expense disclosure policy.

Premier Danielle Smith's government says it's reverting to its previous rules after critics from across the political spectrum accused it of dodging responsibility.

It's also promising to re-post eight years' worth of expense receipts that were deleted from its website.

Some construction work will cause a pathway closure near a stormpond in Wedderburn this week.

Crews will be installing swales, culverts, and paving work, which is needed for the park connection.

While the work is happening, the Wedderburn pathway northeast of the stormpond will be closed.

Four new areas at the High River General Hospital have been brightened up with new 'smilezones'.

Live music will be filling up Seaman Stadium this Saturday night.

Fleetwood Magic, 'the authentic tribute to Fleetwood Mac', are the headline act and they'll hit the stage at 9 p.m.

Leading up will be Calgary band Girl Crush at 7:30, but two local favourites will hit the stage first.

Okotoks' Brettyn Rose and High River's Chase Morgan will crank out their songs starting at 6:30.

Rose also opened up at last year's debut concert for the Eagles tribute band, Eagle Eyes.

Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe is meeting in Saskatoon today with Federal Agriculture Minister Heath MacDonald and Cody Blois, Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister, along with representatives from the canola sector. The focus: responding to China’s steep tariffs on Canadian canola products.

Last week, China announced a 75.8% tariff on Canadian canola seed, adding to the 100% tariffs placed in March on canola meal and oil. 

Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe is set to meet today with federal Agriculture Minister Heath MacDonald, along with industry groups, to discuss the steep Chinese tariff on Canadian canola seed. 

Kody Blois, the parliamentary secretary for Prime Minister Mark Carney, and Saskatchewan Agriculture Minister Daryl Harrison are also to attend the meeting in Saskatoon.

A press conference is scheduled following the discussion. 

Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand is set to have her first official meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio in Washington today amid ongoing tensions in the bilateral relationship.

Anand and Rubio have previously spoken by phone, including in June ahead of the G7 Leaders' Summit in Kananaskis.

Canada-U.S. Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc cycled through Washington in July looking for a tariff offramp but instead U.S. President Donald Trump boosted duties on Canada to 35 per cent.

The body of a man who went missing after a canoe capsized on Barrier Lake in Kananaskis has been found.

Cochrane RCMP said their Underwater Recovery Team located the 30-year-old Calgary man on Wednesday, Aug. 20.

The incident happened Sunday evening, Aug. 16, when a canoe carrying three people overturned.

A 56-year-old woman was rescued and taken to hospital with hypothermia, while a 60-year-old man was pronounced dead at the scene.

All three occupants were from Calgary.

RCMP extended condolences to the victims’ family and friends.