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Opportunities to sign independence petition coming up in Okotoks
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4My core concern in all of this is the future of the Canada Pension Plan (CPP) contributions that Albertans have paid throughout their working lives. It is unrealistic to assume that the rest of Canada would simply transfer those funds to Alberta without significant legal, financial, and political challenges. The situation opens the door to numerous uncertainties—and not the positive kind. There are also broader constitutional and jurisdictional questions to consider. For example: What would become of federal crown lands such as Banff and Jasper? Who would assume responsibility or ownership of these areas? Additionally, how would existing Indigenous treaties—many of which are negotiated with the federal government—be respected, amended, or redefined? The implications are extensive and complex, touching nearly every aspect of governance, law, and public policy.
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Opportunities to sign independence petition coming up in Okotoks
OkotoksToday 3@Berta 1st If you think that Danielle Smith can wave her magic wand and make the Indian Act disappear, you are simply deluded. Only parliament can amend or replace. Discriminatory elements can be changed, but it can't be abolished. Hopefully this gives you some insight of how large this issue is and why DS can't just make it all go away because it's what she wants.
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Opportunities to sign independence petition coming up in Okotoks
OkotoksToday 3@Berta 1st Apparently you missed ... so many things I've lost count. Alberta does not currently have its own pension plan - but are exploring the idea. The province cannot just leave the CPP without holding a provincial referendum. There is no analysis on the financial assumptions of a CPP (APP?) plan for Alberta. There are no quantifiable results that show higher income for anybody, much less seniors. Too much information is unknown about this to make the statements you have made. Furthermore Berta, Banff and Jasper national parks are federal properties. They are administered under the Canadian National Parks Act. No province has any claim to any federally owned park. Under the current legislation, they cannot be transferred unilaterally. Lastly, Treaty Rights 6, 7 and 8 are already constitutionally protected. Historic treaties are legally binding under Section 35 of the Constitution Act, 1982. They cannot be revoked by any province.
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Okotoks Mayor Tanya Thorn announces re-election bid
OkotoksToday 4Please no more Thorn. She wants to hear my hopes and dreams - how about a small town the way it was. How about stop filling the town with empty concrete buildings that have sat empty for the longest time. How about being able to water my lawn without the lawn police coming and leaving door hangers about my water usage. Most importantly, how about giving the town full transparency for how our tax dollars are being spent. Another term with the current woke af mayor makes my stomach turn.
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Okotoks growth strategy could see population hit 73,000 in 25 years
OkotoksToday 5Welcome to the city of Okotoks. This is just so incredibly sad.
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Thorn re-elected as four new voices join council in Okotoks
OkotoksToday 3How can the mayor protect what we are when the lines of "what we are" are so muddled and buried beneath unnecessary, multiple construction projects (I'm looking at you, pickle-barn), over-taxation in conjunction with lowered services such as snow removal. This must have been what it felt like to wake up in America and finding out who got "elected" to run that country.
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Evolution of Okotoks' Elma Street prompts petition
OkotoksToday 3The Mayor and her entourage of generously compensated visionaries seem to have completely misplaced the plot. Okotoks absolutely needed a picklebarn—because, of course, that’s what every thriving community dreams of—while more pressing issues languish in the background. But if experience has taught me anything about this town’s leadership, it’s that public input is just a quaint concept. The real priority? Courting developers and transforming a once beautiful town into a sprawling concrete playground, complete with an abundance of minimum-wage opportunities. But hey, progress, right? Anyway, yes—people still need to have a place to park their vehicles and walk to their appointments and errands. Radical idea, I know.
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2026 Okotoks budget includes 4% property tax increase
OkotoksToday 3I voted for change! Unfortunately, too many people couldn't be bothered so thank you to all those apathetic people for contributing to a complete cluster of a town. Let's add a special thank you to our mayor for being so backward-looking. Perhaps it's time for the people of Okotoks to start fighting back. Start by looking into Part 7.1 of the Municipal Government Act and get her recalled. This community deserves transparency and accountability. From questionable wage increases—our CAO being the highest paid among peers in Alberta—to the frequent use of NDAs for employees deemed “not a good fit,” the pattern is concerning. Okotoks should be a model of good governance, not a cautionary tale.
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Community Priorities Survey launching in Okotoks
OkotoksToday 2As if the Town actually cares what people think. Tanya and her crew have their own agendas/priorities, and the people of Okotoks have zero say UNLESS it aligns with Tanya's view. And who exactly thought it would be a great time to inundate people with robo-calls to fill out a survey during a federal election when we're already getting badgered by robo-calls for our votes??? Classic. Read the room, Tanya.
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Okotoks mayor to discuss 2026 priorities at forum tonight
OkotoksTodayWill it be open mic or pre-screened questions?
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Changes made to snow clearing priorities in Okotoks
OkotoksToday 2I'll bet the mayor's street is priority 1. Let them eat cake she says while looking out her window at the rest of us struggling to get out of our subdivisions.
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Proposed electoral map creates Calgary-Okotoks riding
OkotoksToday 1We'll be the City of Okotoks in no time now. Terrible news for Okotoks.
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Open house to share development plans for East Wedderburn
OkotoksToday 2I don't understand the point of an open house other than for the town to pat itself on the back. The general consensus "appears" to be that Okotokians do not want more development. Granted, the houses will sell, the apartments will get renters. However, there is very little industry in Okotoks to support jobs that go above minimum wage. There is one bus daily that takes people to downtown Calgary for work and back to Okotoks. If the town insists on "make it bigger then they'll come" ... we'll just end up as an offshoot of Calgary at some point in the very near future with a bunch of empty office space and industrial warehouses.
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Downtown redevelopment plan approved in Okotoks
OkotoksToday 1With all these "improvements" taking place, has anyone considered that when a train comes through, the traffic circle will essentially be unusable due to cars waiting to cross the tracks? Where oh where will all those cars go Tanya?
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Pickleball centre in Okotoks gets $1.5M boost from Province
OkotoksToday 1Okotoks does not need a pickle-barn considering everything else going on currently. Read the room.
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2026 Okotoks budget includes 4% property tax increase
OkotoksToday 1It's absolutely possible to have her recalled. However, it will take time (18 mths after election day) and people have to somehow get around/through the highly over-paid CAO (Elaine Vincent) for the Town, and Minister of Municipal Affairs (Deron Bilous) in order to file a notice of recall. I guess it all depends how badly the Town want this mayor gone.
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2026 Okotoks budget includes 4% property tax increase
OkotoksToday 1The CAO has to justify giving herself massive wage increases somehow. Why not use tax dollars. BTW, I couldn't agree with you more. People needed to vote to get the Thorn out of our sides to fight the increases, and you saw how that went.
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Input sought on proposed commercial-industrial area in Okotoks
OkotoksToday 1100% agreed! The town love to play the transparency game so everything looks above-board. When have they ever taken into account what the citizens want? Tanya is turning the entire town into a completely dysfunctional eyesore. She should be ashamed of what she is doing here.
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Foothills County tax hike comes in under 2%
OkotoksToday 1Just so disheartening to read. We get a massive tax hike while areas around us are less than 2%. Why do we have to be STUCK with her and her corrupt office (asking rhetorically).
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GALLERY: Charity Check Stop collects donations in Okotoks
OkotoksTodayThe mayor certainly loves her photo ops.
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