Okotoks

Chanse Vigen found his way back to the top of the aggregate on night two of the Battle of the Rockies.

Layne Flad posted the highest time of the night, with Vigen not far behind, reinforcing his lead from the night prior.

Flad jumped into third place in the aggregate up from 17th the night prior.

None of the three Foothills drivers managed to crack the top 10 for the day, with Dayton Sutherland of De Winton landing in 11th place and Jordie Fike not far behind in 15th.

High River's Jason Glass also improved from the night prior but still placed 21st.

A new crosswalk near D'arcy Crossing will be painted this weekend.

Originally, Volker Stevin was going to paint the crosswalk between the D'Arcy Crossing and Wedderburn developments overnight on August 11, but according to the Town of Okotoks, a mechanical issue caused the work to be delayed a week.

Now, crews will be working during non-peak hours, with work beginning at 9 p.m. on Sunday, August 18, and ending at about 5 a.m. on Monday, August 19, as long as the weather cooperates.

The Canada Border Services Agency plans to implement an app that uses facial recognition technology to keep track of people who have been ordered to be deported from the country.

The mobile reporting app would use biometrics to confirm a person's identity and record their location data when they use the app to check in. Documents obtained through access-to-information indicate that the CBSA has proposed such an app as far back as 2021. 

A spokesperson confirmed that an app called ReportIn will be launched this fall.

The Okotoks Dawgs were on the losing end of a late comeback in game two, falling to the Millers Express 8-7 on Friday night in Moose Jaw.

The 2024 WCBL best-of-three championship finals are now tied at 1-1 with game three being set for Saturday night at Seaman Stadium.

So far in the post-season, the Dawgs are 3-0 in a do-or-die with a win in game three against the Lethbridge Bulls, game two against the Sylvan Lake Gulls, and game three against the Gulls.

A post on X from August 16th showed a rather ironic typo on a painted school zone notice in Okotoks.

Instead of 'School Zone', crews accidentally painted 'Scohol Zone'.

The post has been viewed over 100,000 times on X, with almost 100 replies on the original post.

It's also been shared in a few Foothills area Facebook groups.

According to the Town of Okotoks, the crews were in a bit of a rush to finish the work and allow traffic to continue as normal.

The MD of Willow Creek has downgraded its Fire Ban to a Fire Restriction.

Recent rain has lowered the risk of grassfires in the region, and the MD announced the change on Friday morning.

Under a Fire Restriction, no permits are issued, but some burning is allowed.

Burn barrels and incinerators are permitted, as are recreational campfires.

The towns of Fort Macleod and Stavely also had their Fire Bans lifted.

The type of mpox spreading rapidly through several African countries could arrive in Canada, where that strain hasn't appeared before, Canadian experts say.  

The detection of clade I mpox in Sweden in someone who had travelled to an affected African country is a "harbinger" of broader spread, said Dr. Fahad Razak, an internal medicine specialist and epidemiologist at St. Michael's Hospital in Toronto. 

The Public Health Agency of Sweden said Thursday it is the first case of clade I mpox to be diagnosed outside the African continent. 

Another Bear Warning has been issued in K-Country.

It's for the Ribbon Lake Backcountry Campground and area.

Bears have been frequenting the area with the warning issued on Tuesday, August 13.

The Ribbon Lake head trail is near Kananaskis Village.

The warning will remain in effect until further notice.

Alberta Parks reminds you that bears can be encountered any time in K-Country and to avoid a surprise bear encounter they recommend the following:

Alberta Open Farm Days is back this weekend!

It's a showcase of everything Alberta's ag producers have to offer, which is a whole lot.

Open Farm Days reached out to us here at The Eagle 100.9 to see if we wanted to try a few of the products being made here in Wildrose Country.

Of course, we responded with an enthusiastic and unequivocal "Yes."

Here's what they included in the care package:

The Canadian Entrepreneurs' Incentive program is undergoing some changes, but agriculture groups say that's not enough to help out farmers.

That's meant to help out small business owners with a tax break, but that's been out of reach for many farmers.

Kyle Larkin, the Executive Director at the Grain Growers of Canada, says now that's been changed but it may not be enough.