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Cochrane Christian Academy Grade 3 student Rider Degraw has surpassed his goal of collecting 100,000 pop can tabs, but said he plans to keep going with the aim to collect up to a million.

“We all believe in protesting if it doesn’t cause harm in getting your point across,” Flowers said. “But to spit on the mayor’s wife and yell obscenities at children at the crowd, I thought it was really unprofessional and unbecoming of the people involved.”

Drivers enjoying the view of the mountains from the Cowboy Trail south of Cochrane can be assured the visible ranch land between them and the mountains will remain ranch land no matter who owns it.

“The regular season is important, but what it really comes down to is the playoffs, and we’re well prepared,” Ripplinger said. “The HJHL playoffs are a blast. It’s a whole different hockey game – it’s fast, high-hitting, very physical, and completely different than the regular season."

The Chaos' opening game against the Titans will begin at 7:30 p.m. at SLS Centre this Saturday.

Cochrane's tri-school area created a sea of pink-clad students aiming to promote anti-bullying behaviour and awareness with their annual Pink Shirt Day photo on Feb. 15.

A rare full gallery of interested onlookers listened closely to responses from the people running emergency services for the province at the RancheHouse on Feb. 13, as members of Cochrane town council fired questions at them for over an hour.

Dr. Umezurike will share his experience looking at issues of home, family, kin, identity, community, and country.