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Former Okotoks Oiler Dylan Holloway is now a former Edmonton Oiler too.

He's officially joined the St. Louis Blues for the next two seasons after Edmonton didn't match St. Louis' offer sheet which was signed last week.

The Wild Rose Carnival held its second annual event this past weekend with rides for kids, carnival food, and even a free Hard Kastle FMX freestyle show.

Friday made things a little difficult due to the rainy weather, but the sun decided to shine on Saturday and Sunday.

Andrea Blake, a teacher at Senator Riley Middle School, brought out her two young kids and explained why she enjoys the Wild Rose Carnival.

The Okotoks Dawgs took Seaman Stadium for a wild ride this year taking all three series to a deciding third game in the WCBL playoffs.

The Dawgs would beat the Lethbridge Bulls in the first round and won it on a 13th-inning walk-off bunt by Ricky Sanchez. The second round would see them taking game three against the Gulls in Sylvan Lake with a 10-4 score. They finished off the three-peat in game three of the finals against the Moose Jaw Miller Express with a walk-off home run coming from the hometown hero Connor Crowson in a 6-5 ball game.

With the threat of a potential rail strike by CN and CPKC just days away, a reminder to let politicians know the potential impact this will have on the agriculture sector.

Farm groups across the prairies have a link on their websites allowing farmers to send a form letter out calling for the Federal Government to intervene and stop the rail strike and "Keep Canadian Grain on Track".

Canada’s annual inflation rate fell to 2.5 per cent last month, matching economists' forecasts and solidifying expectations for another interest rate cut in September.

Tuesday’s consumer price index report says prices for travel tours, passenger vehicles and electricity helped drive the headline figure lower.

Meanwhile, shelter costs are still the main driver of inflation as Canadians face significantly higher rents and mortgage payments.

Chanse Vigen successfully defended his title on Monday on the fourth and final night of the Battle of the Rockies.

Vigen placed fourth on the night, one position behind runner-up Wade Salmond, who came in at just 29 one-hundreds of a second behind Vigen in the aggregate.

This was Vigen's fourth win of the season, having previously bagged buckles in Medicine Hat, High River, and Strathmore.

Though the stop in Rocky Mountain House hasn't been the strongest leg of the WPCA tour for High River's Jason Glass, night four was an exception.

Okotoks' first few days of air quality readings can now be seen online.

A collaboration between the Town of Okotoks and the Calgary Region Airshed Zone (CRAZ) will see a year's worth of air quality monitoring in town.

Air quality readings are being collected by a portable air monitoring laboratory (PAML) set up near Okotoks Junior High School and Percy Pegler School.

It'll be stationed there until July 31, 2025.

High River will be home to the Walter Boys this week.

My Life with the Walter Boys will be returning to High River this week to film parts of the TV show in town.

The filming will take place from Wednesday, August 21 to Monday, August 26 in various locations around High River.

"We are proud to be a film-friendly community. Thank you for your patience and cooperation. Please drive carefully around film crews and obey all traffic directions," said the Town of High River in a Facebook post. 

A fundraiser has been set up for the family of a semi-truck driver who lost his life last week.

31-year-old Harshvir Singh Malhi was driving a truck carrying ammonium nitrate when it rolled on Highway 2 near Nanton on Wednesday, August 14.

Even though the RCMP responded, Malhi was pronounced dead at the scene, leaving behind a wife and two young sons, aged 3 years old and 15 months old.

His wife is a stay-at-home mother, who is now faced with supporting her family while trying to navigate the loss of her husband.

Global Affairs Canada said Monday it's aware of reports that a Canadian has died after a luxury superyacht sank off Sicily during a violent storm, while Italian authorities said they continued to search for six people who remained unaccounted for.

In a statement Monday afternoon, Global Affairs said consular officials were in contact with local authorities, but said it could provide no further information due to privacy concerns.

"We extend our deepest sympathies to everyone affected by this tragic event," the agency said.