Okotoks

Halloween is right around the corner, which will draw all the ghouls and ghosts from their hiding spots.

With all the extra monsters, ghouls, goblins, ghosts, and superheroes on the street this week for Halloween, the Alberta RCMP are offering some tips to keep everyone safe.

While out trick-or-treating, it is advised to wear brightly coloured costumes and use with reflective tape, glow sticks, or a flashlight to be visible to drivers, and stay in well-lit areas.

The High River Light Up for Halloween is scaring up some sights and delights as we head into the final week before Halloween on Thursday.

Macleod Trail in High River is going to be closed for a few days next week.

ATCO will be installing gas services in High River, which will cause Macleod Trail west of 9 Street SW to close.

The work is scheduled to happen from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. from Tuesday, November 5 to Thursday, November 7.

There will be detour signage in place, which will guide people through 12 Ave via Highwood Trail SW and 9 Street SW.

The sidewalk on the north side of where the work is going to happen will be closed for the duration of the work.

Josephine Sindani’s first memory of using a food bank is a happy one. 

She was eight years old and still adjusting to the shock of an Ottawa winter after recently moving from Halifax, where she and her mom arrived in Canada from Sudan about two years earlier. One day she saw her pregnant mother approaching their home, trudging through snow and carrying a “big bag of toys.”

Premier Scott Moe and the Saskatchewan Party won a fifth consecutive majority government Monday, losing in the big cities but retaining its iron grip on rural areas to secure victory.

Moe’s party was shut out by Carla Beck’s NDP in Regina and lost all but two seats in Saskatoon.

But it found enough support everywhere else to be elected in 35 seats in the 61-seat legislature, compared with 26 for the NDP.

"Thank you once again, Saskatchewan for placing your trust in our party, the Saskatchewan Party," Moe said as supporters in Shellbrook clapped and whooped.

The HTA Knights got back in the win column this weekend with a 51-3 victory over the Spartans in Strathmore.

This was the first road game for the senior Knights football team since September 4th against Notre Dame, where they picked up a 46-0 win.

Both the offence and defence helped pick up the win. The offence scored 35 points in the first half and the defence picked up some sacks and hemmed the Spartans in their own need of the field forcing a safety.

The Foothills Flacons hit the gridiron for their final regular season game on Friday (Oct. 25) and came out on the losing end of a 43-17 football game in Lethbridge.

Some standouts for the Falcons were Asher Nelson with an interception, Chase Brockhoff with a touchdown, Jacob Van Horne with a field goal, and QB Emerson Liepert with one rushing and one passing touchdown.

The game was hosted at the University of Lethbridge's field. The Falcons finished the regular season with a 4-4 record.

The Bloc Québécois is poised to begin talks with other parties to bring down the minority Liberal government, which has not met its deadline to pass two key bills.

Bloc Leader Yves-François Blanchet set the deadline last month, putting the Liberals on notice that to avoid an election "before Christmas" they must adopt a pair of private member's bills.

One of the Bloc bills aimed at safeguarding supply management in trade negotiations has the support of the government and is being studied by the Senate.

The Town of Diamond Valley will be getting lit up in December.

Light Up Diamond Valley is returning, and there is plenty to do for everyone who makes their way down to kick off the holiday season.

On Saturday, December 7, there will daytime fun in the Turner Valley side of town.

From 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., there will be the High Country SPCA Market at the Flare n' Derrick Community Hall, which will have holiday gifts from local vendors.

The market will help support the High Country SPCA.

The world's longest network of multi-use recreational trails is looking to make a few upgrades.

The Trans Canada Trail (TCT) runs right across Canada, including all the provinces and territories.

The TCT also runs through Calgary and right through the 76 km High Rockies Trail in Kananaskis.

The High Rockies Trail connects Goat Creek at the Banff Park boundary to Elk Pass on the Alberta, B.C. border is the westernmost section of the trail in Alberta.