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St. Louis-born and raised defenceman Brayden Duy has been a welcome addition to the Okotoks Oilers roster this year.

While hockey thrives in Canada, it's not normally the sport of choice for Americans.

"The first neighbourhood that I lived in, there was a bunch of kids my age. We all just kind of went out there and played every single sport you could imagine, hockey was one of them and that just was the one that I picked. I have loved it ever since," Duy explained.

The Notre Dame Collegiate Timberwolves (NDC) Junior Boys volleyball team claimed their second-ever FAC League championship on November 8 at NDC after beating Foothills Composite Falcons 3-1.

The win comes after winning both the Oilfields and St. Joseph's volleyball tournaments to add to their successful season.

NDC JV Girls' volleyball team has also had a great season as they earned a spot in the South Central Zone volleyball championships after earning the number one seed. 

A parent group that's been planning the design and fundraising efforts for a new playground at Percy Pegler School made a presentation to Okotoks Town Council on Tuesday (Nov. 12).

Kim Evans, a member of the group with a background in construction project management, represented the group at the meeting, sharing the design and funding plans and requesting funding and labour contributions from the Town.

She told council that Percy Pegler's 20-year-old playground is among the largest and most-used in town, owing to the school's proximity to the recreation centre.

A group 10 Calgary-ares organizations have collaborated on a joint shelter report during Family Violence Prevention Month.

The groups, which include High River's Rowan House and other organizations in Cochrane, Banff, and Calgary have released "Catalysts for Change: Addressing Domestic Violence in Calgary and Area"

The report highlights the seevices and strategies employed by these organizations from April 2023 to March 2024.

High River's most well-known elf, Ted Dawson who organizes the Santa Claus parade, is happy to report,

"The theme this year for the parade is 'Celebrating Santa's Helpers'. We decided it was time for a shout out to the elves."

The legendary Santa Claus parade is almost ready to roll too says Dawson.

They have the fire pits, hot chocolate, hot dogs and bags and bags of candy ready however they could use a few more volunteers to help out.

With the recent election in the U.S. what does that mean for tariffs on the Canadian Agriculture industry?

Alberta Minister of Agriculture and Irrigation and Highwood MLA, RJ Sigurdson says he doesn't see tariffs being imposed upon Canadian beef.

"Alberta's supply chain is very integrated with the U.S. What I would know to be true is this new administration wants to achieve goals of food security and food affordability. So, tariffs do not fit in that bucket."

Canada Post workers are on strike after failing to reach a negotiated agreement with their employer.

Canadian Union of Postal Workers says approximately 55,000 workers are striking, claiming little progress has been made in the bargaining process.

The Canadian Union of Postal Workers issued a 72-hour strike notice earlier in the week, saying it's been asking for fair wages, safer working conditions and other improvements over nearly a year of bargaining.

The RCMP is rolling out body-worn cameras for officers, deploying more than 10,000 cameras across the country in the next 12 to 18 months.

Officers will be expected to turn on their cameras when they answer calls or interact with the public. They will wear the cameras on their chests and they will flash red lights to indicate they are recording.

"The muscle memory that we're training officers to build in is essentially seatbelt off, camera on," said Taunya Goguen, the RCMP’s corporate management officer, at a press briefing Thursday. 

Manitoba recording artist Jerry Sereda joins us to share his new single, Baptized by Your Love. We’ll also have a special appearance from American recording artist Chase Matthew, who will debut his latest single, Darlin’, live from his tour bus as he travels across Canada this week. Plus, we’ll look back at this week in 2017 with a #1 hit from Thomas Rhett.

A group of local kids are shaving their heads to help those with cancer.

Students at the École BeauSoleil Francophone school in Okotoks are participating in Kids Cancer Care's Rock Your Locks campaign.

The principal of École BeauSoleil, Martin Camirand, says he started participating in this campaign over a decade ago while he was working at a school in Airdrie.

He started doing it with a couple of teachers who had kids in their lives who were living with cancer at that time.