Okotoks

The Town of Okotoks has joined in investing to strengthen the Greater Calgary area economic growth.

As part of a region-wide effort to create more jobs, attract new businesses and expand opportunities for residents, the Town of Okotoks has joined the Invest Greater Calgary (ICG).

The ICG is a collaborative partnership that will unite the communities to help showcase the region's strength to the world.

A new report released as students across the country return to school finds bullying, poverty and mental illness are on the rise among Canadian youth and urges action from policy-makers to improve the lives of children. 

The Raising Canada report says more than 70 per cent of Canadian youth between the ages of 12 and 17 experienced bullying in the last year, and more than 13 per cent of children were living in poverty by the end of 2024.

An Air Quality Warning is in effect for parts of the Foothills.  

Environment Canada issued the warning today (Sept. 2) at 4:52 a.m.  

Wildfire smoke is causing poor air quality and reduced visibility.  

The Warning is in effect for the following areas: 

Alberta is planning to ditch its long-maligned paper health cards with a new app it has dubbed the "Alberta Wallet."

Holding her own crumpled health card from behind a podium, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith said Friday the app would allow people to access their health card from their phone.

"We've been trying to get rid of these things," Smith told a news conference in Calgary as she toyed with the small, rectangular card.

She said her own card was dog-eared on both sides and the plastic cover had broken.

As Chinese tariffs on Canadian canola products continue to hamper the cash price of one of the country's most valuable crops, farming experts say producers have big decisions ahead of them.

Market analyst Chuck Penner with LeftField Commodity Research said while future prices are down slightly, the cash price farmers receive for their canola, also known as the basis, is much lower.

Federal public servants were less likely to call in sick to work during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, new government data shows.

The figures shared by the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat indicate that in 2020-21, when the pandemic had most office employees working entirely remotely, the average number of sick days for the public service was 5.9.

That number grew to 8.1 in 2021-22, 8.8 in 2022-23 and 9.2 days in 2023-24.

New research on a sample collected from the asteroid Bennu — a small portion of which should arrive in Canada soon — is offering a glimpse into how it came to be.

Studies published in Nature Astronomy and Nature Geoscience last week offer some insight into the granules that were collected and brought to Earth in September 2023 as part of NASA-led OSIRIS-REx mission.

It's the Labour Day Long Weekend, and some Town of Okotoks facilities will be closed on the holiday Monday.

Due to the holiday, the Municipal Centre and Operations Centre, Fire Station No. 1, the RCMP/Municipal Enforcement, Okotoks Eco Centre, Okotoks Art Gallery, Okotoks Museum & Archives, the Okotoks Public Library, and the Okotoks Family Resource Centre will all be closed on Monday, Sept. 1.

Meanwhile, the Okotoks Rec Centre and Natural High, along with the Viking Rentals Centre, will be open on Monday, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

The contest to supply Canada with its next fleet of submarines heated up this week, as Ottawa narrowed down the competition to just two suppliers: a Korean company and a German one.

Here's a look at where the massive procurement project currently stands.

1. Why does Canada need to buy new submarines?

Canada is racing to replace its deteriorating fleet of Victoria-class submarines. The fleet, bought second-hand from the U.K. in 1998, is rapidly aging and are expensive to repair and replace parts.

The federal government needs to amend the Criminal Code so the use of force, including lethal force, is considered reasonable to defend your home and family if someone breaks into it, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre said Friday.

Poilievre called a news conference in Brampton, Ont., amid an outcry over assault charges that were laid against an Ontario man who encountered another man who allegedly broke into his apartment while carrying a crossbow.