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The Town of Okotoks has a new plan to grow infrastructure to improve accessible transportation around town.

Okotoks Town Council has recently approved the Active Transportation Implementation Plan (ATIP), which will help to guide the future planning and development of cycling, walking, and rolling infrastructure in town.

Canada Post on Wednesday laid out its "final offers" to the union representing 55,000 workers after negotiations resumed Wednesday morning, as tensions run high over the future of the beleaguered institution.

Included in the proposal are an end to compulsory overtime, a signing bonus of $1,000 for urban employees and $500 for rural and suburban ones, cost-of-living payments that are triggered at a lower inflation threshold.

Parliament gets back to work Wednesday with a new Speaker, a new prime minister and plenty of new faces in the House of Commons.

Speaker Francis Scarpaleggia will preside over the House of Commons for the first time today, while his office has confirmed that all 343 members of Parliament have now been sworn in.

Roughly a third of those MPs, including Prime Minister Mark Carney, were elected for the first time in April and will face their first question period today.

An Okotoks business will be returning to the Calgary Stampede midway this July.

Covet Sips + Sweets is preparing for its third year at the midway.

As always, the team has come up with some new outlandish concoctions to fit in with the midway's reputation for unique flavours and combinations.

The Ottawa Police have recently charged a man in relation to a human trafficking investigation, and it's believed there were victims from Calgary.

The Ottawa Police Service have charged 27-year-old Anthony Badibanga-Mukendi in relation to the ongoing human trafficking investigation, and the Ottawa Police believe there are victims across Canada, including in Calgary.

A 34-year-old woman from Lake Louise has died after falling while skiing in the backcountry near Moraine Lake.

At 7 a.m. on Tuesday, May 27, Parks Canada responded to a call regarding a skier who had fallen a significant distance.

Visitor safety specialists reached the woman and extracted her by long line with the assistance of Alpine Helicopters.

STARS air ambulance was dispatched, but the woman was pronounced dead at the scene.

RCMP said they extend their condolences to her family and friends.

Environment Canada has issued a heat warning across much of Southern Alberta, including Foothills County.

Temperatures of 29°C or higher are expected on Wednesday (May 28) and Thursday, with overnight lows near 14°C.

The warning is in place for:

InteliRain is like the story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears, but for irrigation farmers — getting their fields “just right” for water distribution.

The Calgary-based company uses an automated variable rate irrigation system that allows growers to maximize yields, minimize workloads and conserve water.

Two Foothills-area MLAs are included in the Alberta government's recently announced cabinet policy committees.

Premier Danielle Smith announced the policy committees on Monday, May 26.

According to the province, the committees are tasked with "setting long-range strategic priorities and contributing to proposals and reviews of legislation and regulation."

Livingstone-Macleod MLA Chelsae Petrovic will chair the Public Safety and Wellness committee.

The full committee includes:

A wanted man who commented on his own RCMP wanted post on Facebook has been arrested.

On May 20, 2025, the RCMP Southern Alberta Crime Reduction Unit and Emergency Response Team executed a warrant on a home in Granum, following a tip from a member of the public.

They arrested 29-year-old Camron Rasmussen of Fort Macleod, who was previously featured in the Alberta RCMP's Wanted Wednesday posts.

Rasmussen drew attention for a comment he left on the post, which read "Booo," with a ghost emoji.