Okotoks

The 2025 Okotoks Film Festival (OFF) kicked off on Wednesday, June 5, and the house was packed.

Attendees flocked to Okotoks Cinemas on the event's opening night, with tickets selling out for the first time in OFF history.

The night began with a screening of the short film Finding French 50, followed by the made-in-Alberta feature The Ties That Bind, a harrowing political period piece set in small-town Alberta during the Great Depression.

The Taber Police Service received a call this morning (June 5) about an intact grenade.

This morning, the Taber Interpretive Centre Museum called the police because staff at the museum found an old intact grenade.

The Taber Police took to Facebook early this afternoon to let the public know the museum and the Aquafum Centre were closed out of caution.

Police will remain on scene until bomb disposal experts can deal with the grenade.

A local youth activist is hoping to share the voices of youth from across the globe at the upcoming G7 Summit in Kananaskis.   

Grade 11 student Nolan Asplund took to social media in the spring to gather input from youth locally and internationally on a range of topics and issues they want world leaders to address.  

Okotokians will be able to watch a Soap Box Derby this weekend.

For the 35th year, the Rotary Club of Okotoks is putting on their Annual Rotary Club of Okotoks Soap Box Derby this Saturday, June 7.

According to the Rotary Club of Okotoks President, Jeff Foss, there will be over 100 kids between the ages of 8 and 14 competing to see who has the fastest cart.

"Each kid will have an opportunity to race in each of the four lanes," Foss explains. "And then the final heat will determine the winners of each heat."

Canada Post will soon issue its fourth set of stamps honouring Indigenous leaders in Canada.

This is part of a multi-year series that honours the lives and legacies of Indigenous leaders by immortalizing them on a stamp.

One of those they are honouring is Bruce Starlight from Tsúut'ínà Nation.

Starlight is an Elder and Knowledge Keeper who has spent over 50 years working to save his language and culture from extinction.

He was born in Tsúut'ínà Nation in 1947 and has served as a language commissioner for his community.

Manitoba’s farm groups are happy about a new bill to reduce the regulation red tape hindering interprovincial trade.

Manitoba’s farm groups say they’re glad to see the province’s latest effort to break down interprovincial trade barriers.

The Weather Network's Summer Forecast is calling for above-normal temperatures for the Prairies.

The southern half of the provinces will experience well-above-normal temperatures due to a heat dome in the U.S.

A heat dome occurs when a high-pressure system traps hot air over a region, causing prolonged periods of extreme heat. 

Meteorologist Rhythm Reet says this means we could see excessive heat for a longer period and more frequent heat waves; it also influences where the storm track will be setting up.

The 57th Diamond Valley Parade and Festival runs all day this Saturday.

It will follow the new route that was used last year, and everything starts with the pancake breakfast fundraiser, said the Town of Diamond Valley's Events Coordinator, Loralee Bean.

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For the 35th year, the Okotoks Soap Box Derby returns.

The Annual Rotary Club of Okotoks Soap Box Derby is taking place this Saturday, June 7, on Crystal Ridge Drive.

Because there will be over 100 kids aged 8 to 14 racing down the hill on Crystal Ridge Drive, the Town will be closing down the street.

Crystal Ridge Drive from Downey Road to North Railway Street will be closed at various points this weekend.

It will be closed from 5 to 8 p.m. tonight (Friday) for test runs and from 6:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. for the Derby itself on Saturday.