- Spray Lake Sawmills Family Sports Centre managed to avoid lifeguard shortages after reports of other aquatic centres across Canada raising alarms about lifeguard and swim instructor deficits.
- Cochrane trailblazer Jo Hutchinson was awarded the La Due Legends Legacy Award, presented by the La Due Ladies Lunch Society.
- Cochrane On-demand Local Transit (COLT) and the Town of Cochrane announced the On-It Regional Transit Service, which would transport transit users between Calgary and Cochrane, starting at the end of August.
- Resident of Mînî Thnî (Morley), Jeanette Wildman, called Pope Francis’ apology “incomplete” during his Canadian visit to learn about the impacts of residential schools and colonization of Canada’s Indigenous, Inuit and Métis peoples.
- Five-year-old Cochranite Liam Jackson was the youngest of 16 recipients of Alberta’s 2022 Great Kids Award, given to Children and youth who have made a positive influence on their communities.
- Dasha Borysiuk, her brother Andrew, and their mother Olha were overwhelmed by the generosity of Lisa and Heath Foster, who welcomed them to their home after being displaced by the ongoing military conflict in Ukraine.
- Local teacher Susan Grant-Suttie volunteered to teach displaced Ukrainian kids online over the summer through the Smart Ovista organization.
- NDP Municipal Affairs critic Joe Ceci shared documents received through a freedom of information request by the party that showed ambulances were pulled from towns surrounding Calgary more than 30,000 times in three years.
- About 20 walkers from various First Nations groups took part in a walk from Mînî Thnî to Calgary via Highway 1 for Ama’hnabino, or ‘They Are Taking Me Home.’
- The Town of Cochrane and Melcor Developments Ltd. Announced the construction of a paved pathway connecting Sunset Ridge to existing Cochrane trails.
- The Great Cochrane Outhouse Races returned to the Historic Downtown after a two-year absence due to COVID-19 restrictions.
- Mother-daughter duo and Cochrane newcomers Leta and Nia Taylor co-authored a children’s book celebrating the town’s natural beauty titled Cochrane is My Home.
- Bow Valley High School graduate Jassi Trimming took to the international pageantry stage, representing Alberta and her home province of Leyte in the Philippines.
- A new fine art gallery by the Art Evolution Gallery opened at a prominent address in Cochrane’s downtown at 208 First St. W.
