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Town council hosted a lengthy discussion on how Bill 20 can impact both Cochrane, and the municipal sector as a whole, at the July 2 committee of the whole meeting.

Youth Swimmers gathered at the SLS Centre today for the Cochrane Piranhas home meet. Various heats from different age categories swam against the clock and sharpened their skills.

The Energy and Mines Ministers' Conference in Calgary closed with the announcement of a federal cabinet directive to streamline the approval process for clean growth projects, a move welcomed by provincial energy ministers.

Crowds of people gathered to attend the Fireside stampede breakfast this morning in Northern Centre Street, where families enjoyed pancakes, music, animals, dancing, baloons and more.

The Government of Alberta has funding testing of methane emissions abatement technologies. For the new tech to be effective in reducing emissions, stronger policy and enforcement is needed, analyst says.

In a joint statement released on July 5, Alberta's Minister of Justice, Legal Aid Alberta, and the Law Society of Alberta say they have agreed to extend the recently expired Governance Agreement until September 5, 2024.

Cochrane RCMP reports that a missing 12-year-old girl in Rocky View County has now been located.