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Cochrane's local junior B team, the Rockyview Silvertips, have already played their first four matches of the 2023 Rocky Mountain Lacrosse (RMLL) season, with mixed results thus far. 

“A lot of people have been congratulating me, which has been a really cool experience,” said Boychuk, a Cochrane native who has played the last two seasons with the Xtreme. “It’s really great to get drafted and see how things will go with that.”

A local filmmaker is in the midst of bringing the story of residential school survivor Elder Betty Ross to the big screen, with the help of Indigenous people from the Cochrane area and other parts of western Canada.

Head coach for Trinity Taekwon-Do, Cameron Macdonald, said a team consisting of six colour belts, two black belts, and two umpires (Brenda Peacock and Tim Wuthrich) took part in the national tournament, which hosted over 600 competitors from across Canada.

“I’m blessed to share this community with you, with the great views, to walk this land alongside you, and you’ve probably already seen me before because I’ve been fly-fishing on the Bow River in this area many times in the 20-plus years I’ve been out here in the Cochrane area,” Gowans said.

“We love what we do, we have a real passion for what we do, we are proud to work in the tourism industry and we are proud to be one of Alberta’s signature family tourism attractions,” Williams said.

Cochrane’s Michelle Hounslow refuses to let a kidney transplant slow her down. The Heartland resident matched her 2019 haul of five swimming medals while competing at this year’s World Transplant Games in Australia last month.

“It’s a 1A/2A provincial championship we wanted, so for the size of our school, we’re the best in the province which was a great goal to attain,” he said.

“I thought I’d be an art teacher my whole life, and now here I am doing make-up for films.”