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Year 2000
Okotoks Western Wheel Archives: |
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| December
20, 2000 |
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OJHS Staff and students to
ring in New Year with a new school
Petition demands intersection
changes |
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| December
13, 2000 |
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Five-per-cent energy
levy planned for 2001
Foothills School Division
dips into reserves to cover $730,000 deficit
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| December
6, 2000 |
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Physicians
job action Little disruption felt by job action
Valiant RV Park
Creditors to lose about $2.7 million |
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| November
22, 2000 |
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Macleod
candidates air views on contentious issues
Polling stations
to open Monday, Nov. 27 |
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| November
15, 2000 |
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Foothills School Division Teachers
accept salary settlement
Plan for schools
awaiting approval
Tip in double
homicide turns out to be dead end for RCMP |
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| November
8, 2000 |
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Court forecloses on Valiant
Hydroponic marijuana
operation uncovered in Okotoks |
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| November
1, 2000 |
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Valiant
saga nearing resolution
Weigh
station debate continues as third option reviewed |
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| October
25, 2000 |
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Gomersall
stands firm amidst fury as nation learns of applause
Macleod
candidates prepare for election |
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| October
18, 2000 |
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Fatality
another shadow on paving project
FREMS
budget calls for 40-cent increase |
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| October
11, 2000 |
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Elusive streaker
strikes again as RCMP attempt to uncover clues
Native
burial ground exposed by washout |
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| October
4, 2000 |
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Turner
Valley Gas plant project receives $5 million
Youths arrested
for break and enters |
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| September
27, 2000 |
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Turner Valley Discovery
Centre faces demolition deadline
Weather and soil issues delay Highway
2A |
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| September
20, 2000 |
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Fuel costs force MD to shut
down road crews
Town council approves utility
rate increase |
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| September
13, 2000 |
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MD shaves cost
of building to $3 million
School
enrolments peaked but future decline anticipated |
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| September
6, 2000 |
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Collision
claims the life of Okotoks youth
Funding announced
for Eden Valley arena |
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| August
30, 2000 |
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Fourth anniversary of Johnson
murders haunt families
Surging
oil and gas prices
may lead to four- per-cent increase in utility rates for Okotoks |
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| August
23, 2000 |
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Cedar log home destroyed in
blaze
near Okotoks
Students head back
to class in one week |
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| August
16, 2000 |
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Local emergency crews respond
to two injury accidents
Tuesday
Vandalism
prompts town to take action |
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| August
9, 2000 |
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Countdown begins for Okotoks
rodeo |
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| August
2, 2000 |
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Okotoks bylaw officers enforce
reduced speed limit
on Highway 2A
Okotoks gets $8.4 million for
new health care centre |
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| July
26, 2000 |
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Big
Rock Trail project $18,000 over budget
Vandalism
spree has local RCMP on alert |
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| July
29, 2000 |
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MD supports Urbco's
24-lot development near Hebson Arena
Pine Lake tornado
victims to receive relief assistance from local clubs |
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| July
22, 2000 |
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A new Day dawns for Canadian
Alliance
Grant
Hill to run again in Macleod riding |
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| July
5, 2000 |
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Contractors
begin construction on 2A |
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| June
28, 2000 |
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Okotoks council narrowly gives
go-ahead to seniors
and youth centres construction
Parents
skeptical of AHSFA transfers |
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| June
14, 2000 |
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AHSFA
fate questioned with personnel shuffle
Significance
of Turner Valley gas plant not lost on World
Petroleum Congress delegates |
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| June
7, 2000 |
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Division to pilot French
program
Tannas wins Highwood PC
nomination |
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| May
31, 2000 |
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Auxiliary nurses return to work
after strike
FREMS
may downsize to alleviate rising debt |
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| May
24, 2000 |
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Calgary
Flames ask fans for patience
RCMP
understaffed |
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| May
17, 2000 |
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Community mourns family's tragic
loss
MD elects new reeve, prepares for election |
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| May
10, 2000 |
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Building option will be settled
by survey
Headwaters plan
targets improved service
Okotoks plays host
to some big screen stars |
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| May
3, 2000 |
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Have a heart and win
a home Foothills Community Centre home lotto
Okotoks residents tax
rate to drop by five per cent |
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| April
26, 2000 |
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Lottery
board to get more funds
Marigold
Library deflects the filter debate to individual
libraries |
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| April
19, 2000 |
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Fire
near Dunbow Road causes damage to 200 acres and buildings
Religious
activities okayed in schools |
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| April
12, 2000 |
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Residents voice concerns with
MD building project
at public meetings
Space
critical at Oilfields school |
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| April
5, 2000 |
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Resident gets news of disaster
Study indicates rural routes most dangerous |
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| March
29, 2000 |
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Alberta
Securities Commission suspends two Valiant principals
More classrooms
helps with crunch
Traffic accident
claims life |
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| March
22, 2000 |
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Local high
school beginning to feel crunch due to limited
space
Town approves $3.4
million in upgrades |
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| March
15, 2000 |
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Assessment drives MD mill
rate down
Gravel
mine controversy pits Turner Valley landowners
against proposal |
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| March
8, 2000 |
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Local school responds to parent
concerns regarding nut-free
policy
Pool staff clear the water after
Oprah Winfrey
show |
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| March 1, 2000 |
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Webmeister moved to a new apartment...
his computer was buried, sorry. |
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| February
23, 2000 |
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MD residents may see reduction
in mill rate
Okotoks finds compromise for cell
tower |
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| February
16, 2000 |
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Okotoks RCMP aid city police
in charging suspect in hit-and-run
Province to take over secondary
highways |
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| February
9, 2000 |
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Okotoks RCMP aid city police
in charging suspect in hit-and-run
Province to take over secondary
highways |
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| February
2, 2000 |
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Fatal accident at feed
lot
Man remains in serious condition following
accident on Highway
2A
Oilfields
Hospital to undergo renovations |
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| January
26, 2000 |
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Foothills high schools experiencing
enrolment crunch
Rash of burglaries
concern local RCMP |
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| January
19, 2000 |
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Municipalities to pay their
share of $150,000 Foothills
EMS debt
Schools needed to handle over-crowding |
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| January
12, 2000 |
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Eleventh-hour petition kills
plans for MD of Foothills administration
building
Turner Valley may see new
hotel if approved by council
First
Okotoks millennium baby |
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| January
5, 2000 |
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Alberta
Blue Cross users will no longer receive bill
for local ambulance services
First millennium
baby
Foothills towns are 'A-OK' with Y2K |
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2003 Okotoks Western Wheel Archives |
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2002 Okotoks Western Wheel Archives |
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2001 Okotoks Western Wheel Archives |
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