Okotoks

The Okotoks Dawgs took on the Saskatoon Berries this weekend and split the two-game season series, winning 5-2 on Saturday night and falling short by the same score on Sunday, in the Berries' favour.

Last night's game saw Greg Ross start on the mound, pitch for a full six innings, and get six strikeouts in the process. Cade Herrmann, Aaron Hammer, and Ashton Luera came in as relievers. Luera stood tall as he has all season long closing the game out with three strikeouts in the final inning. Herrmann also put up three strikeouts in one inning when he came in relief of Ross.

Vulcan RCMP and High River Traffic Services responded to a serious collision on Sunday.

It happened in Vulcan County, north of the Town of Vulcan at the intersection of Highway 23 and 24.

According to the RCMP, it's believed that a pickup truck headed south collided with an eastbound crossover SUV.

The SUV was attempting to cross Highway 24, with the collision having taken place in the intersection.

All three people in the SUV were taken to hospital, with one of them being transported via STARS Air Ambulance.

High River's own Jason Glass is in great shape looking for the win at the Battle of the Foothills on Sunday afternoon.

Glass had a strong race Saturday night ending up in 14th on the night and now he's in 3rd overall in the aggregate.

The winner of the aggregate after today's chuckwagon races will be declared the Battle of the Foothills Champion.

Glass just won the Calgary Stampede and will be looking to string back-to-back wins together today.

Richard Ireland's eyes well up with tears as he gazes in silence towards his home and sees memories of a lifetime burnt to ashes.

The mayor of Jasper then leans over what remains of the small, cosy home he grew up in — a piece of a concrete wall — and says all he can think about is a framed photograph that was taken after his family moved in when he was two years old, lost somewhere in the rubble.

High River's hometown favourite Jason Glass had the fastest time of the night at the Battle of the Foothills on Friday.

Glass' Birchcliff Energy Ltd.'s checkered wagon ripped through the finish line in a time of 1:15.47, the first one to break the 1:16 mark.

Running with four wagons in each of the nine heats Glass was on barrel 1 Friday as opposed to barrel 4 on Thursday night.

Glass has now moved into second in the aggregate, just behind Chanse Vigen.  Vigen had the fastest time on Thursday.

Many wildfires in British Columbia are causing road closures and hazards in the province.

Weekend travellers from Alberta should be aware of a few closures that could affect their summer travel plans this weekend.

Forest fires have closed the following highways or reduced them to one lane with intermittent openings:

The Okotoks Dawgs came up short with an 8-7 score against the Red Sox in Regina on Friday night.

It was the first time the Dawgs suffered a loss on their Saskatchewan road trip after winning the previous three games.

Brock Townsend started on the mound for the Dawgs in their second meeting with the Red Sox in as many days. Townsend pitched for five full innings and produced three strikeouts. Cam Stephens, Zane Morrison, Easton Corey, and Ashton Luera came into the game as relievers.

One-third of all structures in the townsite of Jasper are gone, burned to the ground in this week’s wildfire, officials confirmed Friday.

Premier Danielle Smith said there are 1,113 structures in the picturesque Rocky Mountain resort community.

She said Wednesday night’s wildfire destroyed 358 of them and damaged seven more.

The structures were homes and businesses. Much of the damage was contained to the west side of town.

Smith said critical infrastructure, including schools, hospitals, and water treatment services, remain intact.

A business has had its license suspended in Nanton after reports of a suspected scam.

Earlier this week, the Town of Nanton and FortisAlberta took to social media to let people know about the potential scam that they'd been notified about by the RCMP.

The RCMP had notified Fortis that someone posing as a FortisAlberta employee was going to people's homes to offer them solar services.

But, FortisAlberta doesn't offer solar services and they rarely approach customers at their front doors.