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Rocky View Schools (RVS) has announced an initiative to help parents and guardians prepare their tots for their first bus ride this upcoming school year, with an informative video and in-person event, called First Bus Ride, to be held later this month.

Dasha, along with her brother Andrew and mother Olha, are living in Cochrane thanks to the generosity of Lisa and Heath Foster, who welcomed them into their West Pointe home in June.

“We haven’t been able to have regional or provincial meets for three years and so to come in and put this huge stamp on it, it’s so exciting.”

Three Cochrane athletes, one Bearspaw athlete, and one "mission staff" member are representing their hometown at the 2022 Canada Summer Games, which are being held this month in Niagara, Ont.

“The community support has been amazing and it just keeps growing, especially as we start having our programs now running consistently – it’s been huge,” said Steph D., office manager and administrator with Wayfinders.

“These plants are a real problem for animals – any animal that has its nose down,” she said.

Daytime high temperatures ranging from 29 to 34 degrees Celsius are expected in Bragg Cree today, leading Environment Canada to issue a heat warning for the hamlet.

Earlier this year, five-year-old Liam Jackson learned that no one is too young to make a difference after he set out on a mission to raise $500 for the Red Cross in support of Ukraine relief efforts at the beginning of Russia's invasion of the country.

Farms across Alberta are hosting a provincewide open house on August 13 and 14, inviting everyone to come out to the country for an educational tour, maybe some fun and games, and perhaps discover something really good to eat and drink.