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Our contest, RAM Everyday Adventure, has sparked excitement, and we can't thank you enough for entering. We know someone will be driving a new RAM 1500 Classic from Your Alberta RAM Dealers very soon. 

Mark your calendars and set your alarms—tune in to the morning show at 7:40 a.m. on Thursday, Sept. 26. You might hear your name announced as the lucky winner!

Let the anticipation build, and may the odds be ever in your favor. 

The Town of Diamond Valley is going to auction.

Well, not the town per se, but some of the town's equipment.

You can pick up a dump truck starting at $7,000 or a backhoe for $4,000.

They also have some snow-clearing equipment and a 2004 GMC Sierra 3500 truck with a plow and sander for only $3,000.

Go to the town's website for more information.

The Alberta RCMP took to Facebook recently to let people know that a wanted man could be in the M.D. of Willow Creek.

Beuford Plaited Hair is wanted by the RCMP for various crimes, including invitation to sexual touching and as luring a child, but his last location is currently unknown.

His known areas of activity are in Willow Creek, Cardston, Siksika Nation, Sundre, Sunchild First Nation, Standoff, and Blood Tribe.

The new no cell phone or mobile devices in classrooms across the province policy seems to be going well in the Foothills School Division.

The policy was implemented across all Alberta schools by a ministerial order by the Minister of Education Demetrios Nicolaides earlier this year.

It went into effect at the beginning of the 2024-25 school year.

FSD Superintendent Chris Fuzessy says while it's only been three weeks, it's been well received.

Okotoks saw a great turnout for the 44th annual Terry Fox Run on Sunday (Sept. 15), both with the number of participants and funds raised.

This was Steve Preece’s first time organizing the Okotoks run, and it was held in a new location.

He says Sheep River Park proved to be a great starting point for the run, especially with the weather turning out the way it did.

"The new site proved to be terrific in the sense that it's a lovely setting, lots of room for people to gather, and it's a pretty run to do."

The locally shot FX series Fargo season five picked up one Emmy over the weekend.

While they were nominated in 15 categories the series only picked up one Emmy this time.

Lamorne Morris, who plays State Trooper Whitley 'Whit' Farr, won an Emmy for 'Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie.'

Season five was shot in and around High River and Okotoks as well as a few other Alberta locations.

The Okotoks Food Bank's largest food drive of the year is coming up.

The annual event is organized by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS) and officially began on Wednesday (Sept. 18) when they left bags on people's front doors to be filled with donations for the food bank.

One of the coordinators of the food drive, Rob Court, says his team will be dropping a bag and an instruction tag off at every home in Okotoks, as well as the Heritage Pointe and Artesia neighbourhoods.

The Okotoks Art Gallery's Gingerbread Station is making a return.

Registrations are open for the 2024 iteration of the event, which is in its seventh year.

Everyone is welcome, with a youth category for gingerbread architects up to age 15, and an adult category for ages 16+.

There are some rules to keep in mind, including entries being required to be made entirely of edible materials. That means plastic or wooden supports or props are not allowed, and entries cannot make use of electronics.

There's some good news for Canada's pulse sector as industry representatives gather this week in Winnipeg for the Annual Pulse and Special Crops Convention.

India announced late last week that it would once again extend the timeline for duty-free imports of yellow peas until December 31st, 2024.

India originally lifted the duties on pea imports on a temporary basis in December of 2023 and has continued to issue temporary extensions since then, while the import duty exemption on lentils is in place through March 31, 2025.

A black bear was spotted in Okotoks last night (Sept. 17).

A few Okotokians posted videos of the bear to Facebook, including Leslee Horniachek, whose security camera captured footage of the black bear walking across her front lawn and a driveway in the Westmount neighbourhood at 2:48 a.m.

According to Horniachek, she initially thought it was a prank when she first saw the bear on her camera.