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The Okotoks Oilers of the BCHL are all now set for round one of the playoffs against the Penticton Vees.

The Oil just squeaked into the BCHL playoffs as the 8th place team in the BCHL Interior Conference.

The Vees finished number one overall in the BCHL with a 41-8-5 record for 87 points, while the Oilers finished with a 21-30-3 record for 45 points.

The Oilers did manage to beat the Vees once during the regular season back on December 29 when the Green and Gold topped the Vees 4-3 in overtime.

Albertans can provide an extra set of eyes on the health of lakes in the province.

The annual National Lake Blitz program is in its fifth year, and through this program, Albertans of all backgrounds are invited to participate in the nationwide effort to monitor lake health.

From May to September, the volunteers part of the program will collect diverse information about the lakes in Alberta.

Part of the program will focus on the wildlife on or in the lake and along the shorelines, including both native and invasive species.

Two people have been charged after a trailer was stolen in High River.

The RCMP Southern Alberta District Crime Reduction Unit was notified of the theft of a utility trailer from a High River business on March 21.

An investigation was launched, and they soon located the trailer and arrested two suspects.

Officers also located a 2018 Dodge Ram 3500 that was stolen from a Crossfield business.

The truck is valued at $60,000, with the trailer valued at $32,000.

Gage Alexander, a hockey goalie from Okotoks and part of the Detroit Red Wings organization, has been assigned to the Grand Rapids Griffins.

Alexander grew up playing hockey in Okotoks and was recently reassigned from the Reading Royals of the ECHL to the Griffins.

The Red Wings sent him to Reading on January 17th, and he was reassigned to Grand Rapids on March 11.

The 22-year-old is a 6'6", 205-pound, left-catching netminder who has 46 pro games between the AHL and ECHL, where he's registered a 15-20-4 record, 3.57 GAA and .888 SV%.

Some telecommunications work in High River will cause a road closure.

Centre Street between 8 Ave SE and 10 Ave SE will be closed from 9 a.m. on Monday, April 7 to 4 p.m. on Thursday, April 10.

The closure will be in effect overnight from Monday to Thursday.

As part of the telecommunications work, crews will be completing hydro vac work along Centre Street.

Duct cleaning scams remain prevalent on Facebook, and, thanks to ever-changing tactics, they also remain dangerous.

They can be seen in local Facebook groups, and involve posts claiming to offer duct cleaning services at a discount, often including pictures of incredibly dusty vents or people who supposedly work for the company in question.

High Riverite Evelyn Parker hired a cleaning service from one of these posts about a year ago, partially because she thought she was helping a new family in town.

Liberal Leader Mark Carney promised Monday to get the federal government back into the business of home building, while Pierre Poilievre's Conservatives pitched a national energy corridor to fast-track approval of key infrastructure.

The New Democrats rolled out their own national project — a promise to help retrofit 3.3 million homes and pay for it by cutting supports for big oil and gas companies. 

Manitoba farmer Tyler Fulton is the new President of the Canadian Cattle Association. The Birtle area cattle producer moved into the role during the organization's recent annual meeting in Ottawa.

"Well, I'm excited," shared Fulton. "I'm a little tentative just given the political environment and the geopolitical environment and the reliance on trade. Overall, I feel well prepared, well supported, and so in that sense I'm excited to take on the challenge, and do my best to just represent cattle producers across the country with all the sectors covered off."

“I called for my dad, and he came and looked, and it was like a scene out of a horror movie.” 

This is what Cohen Hildebrand said of the day his recovery from a routine tonsil and adenoid surgery suddenly went awry in the most unpredictable way. 

It’s a sequence of events etched into not only his memory, but also his family's.  

There has been another confirmed case of measles in southern Alberta.

AHS reported last Friday (March 28) that they were notified of another confirmed case of measles in the Taber area.

Not only that, but this case was in public settings while infectious, prompting AHS to issue a public alert to potential exposures.

The locations and times of the potential measles exposure include:

March 22, 2025
The Colosseum
450 31 St. N. Suite 70, Lethbridge
Exposure time period: Approx. 1:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. (MST)