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A local Grade 10 student is this year’s Hike for Hospice Hustle’s top racer.  

Kaelan McKernan ran the 5 km race, crossing the finishing line first, with a personal best time of 19 minutes and 55 seconds.  

In the past, McKernan was an avid runner, competing on his schools' track and field team, but he had to stop, after being diagnosed with Stage 3 Hodgkin’s Lymphoma.  

Of the $113,000 raised at this year's Hike for Hospice Hustle, $11,113 in sponsorships came from one person.

Margaret Thiessen, an 83-year-old High River resident, was the top individual fundraiser this year and has now raised over $30,000 for the Foothills Country Hospice in the last few years.

She first began fundraising for the hike in 2019 in memory of several loved ones, including her husband, son, daughter and niece.

The Town of Diamond Valley is reporting a sharp rise in vandalism.

In a recent Facebook post, the town outlined several incidents, including multiple cases of graffiti at Wilrich Park, destruction of solar-powered radar signs and stop signs, vehicle stunting that damaged roads at 606 Centre Ave., and the destruction of birdhouses.

Not only is the Little Britches Parade and Rodeo happening on Saturday, but the Spring Market will also be in full bloom.

Orvella Small, Executive Director with Inclusion Foothills, who runs the event, has dozens of vendors lined up and ready to go.

You may have noticed the Pride crosswalk by the Venue in downtown High River is barely visible this Spring.

Students from across the Foothills School Division (FSD) competed in the first-ever Open Chess Tournament yesterday (May 14).  

The event showcased students' ability to strategize and apply critical thinking skills while they battled for a checkmate. 

Students from École Secondaire Highwood High School, École Secondaire Senator Riley, and Notre Dame Collegiate competed in a series of five-round matches throughout the tournament.   

The 67th Little Britches Parade this Saturday will result in some road closures.

With the parade starting at 10 a.m. and running until about 12:30 p.m., there will be a number of road closures.

Closures in the downtown core start at 8:30 a.m., with 1st Street from 12th Avenue SW to Macleod Trail SW being closed to traffic.

Volunteers will be managing the barriers along with signage and will help direct traffic as detours will be in place.

All the road closures are expected to be lifted by 3 p.m.

It's been a busy week out in the field as farmers continue to work on getting this year's crop in the ground.

Manitoba's weekly crop report shows the provincial crop is now 32 per cent seeded.

Oilseed Specialist Sonia Wilson puts together the weekly crop report, updating seeding progress around the province. 

Parts of Alberta's personal information protection legislation have been ruled unconstitutional.

But the ruling from Court of King's Bench Justice Colin Feasby also upheld an order to stop an American facial recognition company from collecting images of Albertans.

Clearview AI scrapes the internet and social media for images of people and adds them to a database, which it markets to law enforcement agencies as a facial recognition tool.

Livestock producers are being reminded to stay vigilant after lab results confirmed anthrax as the cause of death in two cattle on a farm in the Rural Municipality (RM) of Paynton No. 470. The confirmation came late Tuesday.