Category: Grassroots

Get Involved: Project Open Houses and Online Survey Tell us what you think! Residents are invited to provide input on travel needs and potential transportation solutions at open houses to be held March 13-14, 2019 (see below for locations and times) or by taking the online survey. Through the events and survey, participants can share information…

Council approves next steps for proposed Arts and Learning Campus At the February 25 meeting, Council approved a recommendation to explore funding, financing and ownership options to determine the feasibility of the proposed Okotoks Arts and Learning Campus along Riverside Drive. The campus includes several external partners who need to expand their space and administration…

Two Events Combine to Raise Awareness of Gender-Based Violence and Celebrate Women High River, AB – Rowan House Society and the Okotoks United Church will once again join forces to celebrate International Women’s Day, March 8th. Together the organizations are raising awareness about gender-based violence, while celebrating diversity with food, art and keynote speaker: Sinela Jurkova…

Millarville Horticultural club is meeting every second Tuesday of the month at 7:30pm from September to June at the Millarville Anglican church. Our speaker for March 12 will be Trudy Tshudy from Spruce It Up. She will be speaking on beneficial insects such as lady bugs. Always interesting. Millarville Horticultural Club has a landscaping grant available…

Please join us for the World Day of Prayer, a prayer movement that invites us to enrich our faith experience with the experience of Christians from other countries and cultures and to bring hope to women touched by injustice. Service written by the World Day of Prayer Committee of Slovenia. Program hosted by St. Michael’s Church, Black…

We have a couple of fantastic projects this winter we wanted to share with you. We were commissioned by two organizations to make large scale public sculpture. The first is for the Tyrell Museum. Our sculpture is about movement and in particular the movement of animals from a marine to terrestrial environment – a key event that…

Community Volunteer Income Tax Program  The Community Volunteer Income Tax Program (CVITP) is a FREE service available from the beginning of March each year and serves residents of Okotoks, Turner Valley, Black Diamond and Foothills County. Volunteers don’t prepare complex returns. You will not qualify if you have self-employment income; business or rental income and…

We are Taken By Sanity, a local band from Chestermere and we are reaching out to inquire about placing an advertisement in your upcoming paper. We entered a competition called the 2019 CBC Searchlight and have recently made it into the top 100 with our single ‘Sleepwalker’. This song is one of 11 in Alberta…

Finn Blatz: Club Reporter The Millarville Stockland 4-H Club had a busy January and February filled with workshops, clinics, and competitions. Our club had a public speaking workshop put on by the University of Calgary 4-H Club to help us to present our speeches at our competition in February. Three stations were set up to help…

Monday, February 18, 2019 – 9:30am to Sunday, February 24, 2019 – 8:00pm Rogers Hometown Hockey is this week in Okotoks and you can expect a great week of FREE hockey-related activities, NHL Alumni appearances, music, and fun for the whole family! Check out how the Town and community have designed a week full of activities leading…

HIGH RIVER, AB: National Volunteer Week runs from April 7 to 13 and the Town of High River is encouraging the community to submit their nominations for Volunteer of the Year from now until March 18. “The ‘Stars of High River’ theme will again be used to recognize the volunteers who make a difference in…

Late Entry French Immersion Available through Foothills School Division Foothills School Division is excited to establish a Grade 5 Late Entry French Immersion program at École Percy Pegler School in September of 2019. By offering an alternative entry point, more children would be able to achieve a high level of functional fluency in French, Canada’s…