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Ted Murphy

Ted Murphy

Ted Murphy is the editor for westernwheel.ca and the Western Wheel newspaper. To get in touch with Ted, please email [email protected].

Recent Work by Ted

Foothills Country Hospice provides ‘amazing’ care

Foothills Country Hospice provides ‘amazing’ care

Don Walker is blown away by the kindness and compassion after his wife of 57 years spends the final five weeks of her life in hospice care.
Shop of Wonders ensures gifts under the tree in the Foothills

Shop of Wonders ensures gifts under the tree in the Foothills

With the help of the community, MyCityCare Okotoks expects to provide Christmas gifts for more than 1,000 children.
Light Up to usher in holiday season in Okotoks

Light Up to usher in holiday season in Okotoks

Thousands will descend on Olde Towne Okotoks on Friday, Nov. 22 for a giant holiday-themed street party.
COLUMN: Cities flexing their electoral might

COLUMN: Cities flexing their electoral might

Pronounced urban-rural divide to benefit centre-left in the years to come as cities are likely to grow at a faster rate.
Okotoks program produces over 17,000 school lunches annually

Okotoks program produces over 17,000 school lunches annually

Demand continues to increase on school lunch program offered at all Foothills School Division schools in Okotoks.
Increased supply moderates house prices in Okotoks

Increased supply moderates house prices in Okotoks

Prices decline throughout the region in October but Calgary Real Estate Board says conditions continue to favour sellers. 
COLUMN: Housing helping to age Okotoks' population

COLUMN: Housing helping to age Okotoks' population

With higher prices and a scarcity of multi-family options, it's increasingly difficult for young families to find housing in Okotoks.
Homeowners, seniors among Okotoks Food Bank clients

Homeowners, seniors among Okotoks Food Bank clients

Demand has doubled at the Okotoks Food Bank in the last five years as more and more people are finding it difficult to make ends meet.
Western Wheel Cares looking to build on record year

Western Wheel Cares looking to build on record year

Annual holiday campaign will once again be supporting seven worthy charities in the Foothills.
COLUMN: Comfort level rises as radon lowered

COLUMN: Comfort level rises as radon lowered

Radon is an invisible bogeyman, an odourless and colourless radioactive gas that creates genetic mutations in the lungs that can lead to cancer.
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