Okotoks

Students from County Central High School (CCHS) in Vulcan got a first-hand look at the consequences of impaired driving during the RCMP’s second annual mock impaired collision.  

The demonstration was hosted by Vulcan RCMP Constable Ken Jones on June 6, as part of the Safe Grad mission to prevent teens from driving while under the influence of drugs or alcohol.   

Physiological Leaf Spot is suspected in a number of winter wheat fields in Southern Alberta.

Physiological leaf spot (PLS) appears as round or oval lesions that may be yellow or bleached white to gray in color. Lesions may also have a dark center with a narrow chlorotic (yellow) halos and tend to be more numerous toward the tip of the leaf blade. PLS lesions are often found in the upper canopy, and missing or rare on lower leaves.

Three Factors Favoring Physiological Leaf Spot (PLS):

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and three of her ministers got an earful on Wednesday night from southern Alberta locals at a rowdy, hours-long town hall to discuss the province's coal policy.

About 500 people, dressed in cowboy hats, belt buckles, and jeans, packed a community hall in Fort Macleod, Alta., for an event marked by heckling, competing applause and placards.

The Canadian citizen believed to be on an Air India flight that crashed shortly after takeoff is a dentist from Mississauga, Ont., her family has confirmed.

The husband of Nirali Sureshkumar Patel said she was on board the London-bound flight that crashed Thursday, killing at least 240 people.

Patel's dental clinic referred The Canadian Press to the husband, who said that he was in the process of booking travel to India for himself and the couple's one-year-old child.

If you live in High River, you will start seeing the town's trishaw electric-assisted bike rolling through town.

However, the town needs some volunteers to pilot the trishaw bike around town.

The town's website asks that you commit to one or two times per month for a few hours over the summer.

The Cycling Without Age program has been in High River since 2017.

If you can volunteer or are looking to be driven around town, you can find the link here.

U.S. president Trump has attacked the sustainability movement, but a major pulse player urges investors to stick with the industry

A Canadian food industry executive is telling pulse companies to stick with their sustainability messaging despite attempts by powerful people to undermine the movement.

Murad Al-Katib, president of AGT Food and Ingredients, said U.S. president Donald Trump has been very vocal about his disdain for the green movement.

Diamond Valley Fire Rescue responded to a vehicle fire on Wednesday (June 11), which caused a road to be closed for a couple of hours.

At approximately 4:42 p.m., the Diamond Valley Fire Rescue were dispatched to a vehicle fire on George Street between Sunset Boulevard and McLeod Crescent/Regent Road on the Turner Valley side of town.

Once the crews arrived, they saw a construction trailer that was fully engulfed in flames, and the radiating heat was threatening a neighbouring home.

Protests during the upcoming G7 leaders summit in Kananaskis, Alta., may be starkly different than demonstrations happening this week against immigration crackdowns in the United States.

A University of Toronto research group that has been monitoring the meetings of world leaders since 1998 says its analysis shows Canadian protests are more peaceful and smaller.

But similar to the recent demonstrations in Los Angeles, they're likely to be against the policies of U.S. President Donald Trump.

The Canadian Institute for Health Information says more surgeries are being performed than before the pandemic — but wait times have still grown longer. 

The report released Thursday looked at wait times for hip and knee replacements, cataract procedures, cancer surgeries, MRIs and CT scans in 2019 and in 2024.

The 35th Annual Okotoks Rotary Club Soapbox Derby happened this past weekend, and over 100 kids took part.

The Derby took place on Saturday, June 7, on Crystal Ridge Drive in Okotoks, and according to the Rotary Club of Okotoks President, Jeff Foss, it took the overall winner just over half a minute to get down the hill.

"We had a lovely day, and we had, I think it was 104 kids go down the hill," Foss explained. "And it was a good day, a lot of smiling faces."

There were 24 heats, each with 4 racers, competing to see who was the fastest this year.