Okotoks

Spring cleaning efforts are still underway in the Town of Okotoks.  

While crews work, parking bans will be issued between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m.  

The parking bans include: 

Monday, May 5:   

• Sandstone Drive from Sandstone Gate to Mountain View Drive  

King Charles will visit Ottawa to deliver the speech from the throne at the end of this month in a show of support for Canadian sovereignty, Prime Minister Mark Carney said Friday.

The news came in his first press conference since leading the Liberals to a fourth straight mandate in Monday's election, where he laid out the priorities for his first few months, promising to "embark on the biggest transformation of our economy since the end of the Second World War." 

More than three quarters of Canadians believe misinformation had an impact on the outcome of the federal election, a new poll suggests.

The Leger poll, which sampled more than 1,500 Canadian adults from April 29 to May 1, suggests that 19 per cent of people think false information or misinformation had a major impact on the election.

Almost a third (32 per cent) said it had a moderate impact, while 26 per cent said it had a minor impact on the election's outcome.

Only nine per cent of Canadians said misinformation had no impact on the election at all.

Okotoks firefighters tackled another grass fire on Friday (May 2) evening.

It was on a hillside near Crystal Ridge Drive, east of Kinsmen Park.

Crews responded at around 4:30 p.m. and made quick work of the fire, leaving the scene about half an hour later.

The fire broke out right across from the site of another fire Okotoks Fire & Rescue responded to on April 9.

Heartland is returning for its 19th season.

The show's renewal was announced on May 1 on the show's official social media accounts.

An Okotoks bee farmer is reeling after discovering dozens of his beehives had been stolen.

On Tuesday, April 29, the owner of Honey Meadows Farm, John Zwiers, noticed that hives had been stolen from three separate sites, with one other site being targeted the following day.

By Zwiers' estimate, close to 60 hives were stolen.

Having grown up in the area, with his family having kept bees in the Foothills for 40 years, Zwiers turned to the community.

He posted about the situation in several local Facebook groups, asking community members to keep an eye out.

The federal riding of Terrebonne in Quebec has gone from the Liberals' win column back to the Bloc Québécois after a postelection vote validation process.

Bloc candidate Nathalie Sinclair-Desgagné, who had represented the riding since 2021, said in a social media post that she came out with a lead of 44 votes and that a judicial recount will take place.

"For someone to be officially elected, you have to wait until the end of this process," Sinclair-Desgagné wrote in French. "I hope to have the honour of representing Terrebonne again in the coming years."

After responding to a two-motor vehicle collision on Highway 549 on Thursday morning (May 1), members of the Diamond Valley Fire Rescue didn’t hesitate to help nearby ranchers with a cattle drive.  

While conducting traffic control as RCMP completed their investigation, fire crew members noticed ranchers on the property adjacent to the closed highway.  

If you've noticed that the water level on the Highwood River is a bit low, you'd be right.

The Town of High River is paying attention too, and they reached out to Rivers Alberta and confirmed that we are experiencing low flow conditions.

This won't affect residents yet, and according to the Outdoor Water Use and Restrictions Bylaw, we're not there yet.

Mother's Day isn't until next Sunday, May 11, but the celebration starts this Saturday, May 3rd, at the High River Good Shepherd Lutheran church.

The church is hosting its 5th annual Mother's Day market from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m.

The family-friendly event will host local vendors along with a bake sale and a raffle.

The raffle is for a custom-made outdoor bench worth $800, and tickets are only $2 each.

They'll make the draw on Mother's Day.