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An exciting opportunity awaits the townsite of Redwood Meadows, where the community association has plans in the works to develop a new bike skills park.

Veteran Calgary landscaper, founder of Eco-yards, and author Laureen Rama talked recently in Cochrane about ways to make yards less thirsty by replacing grass, managing rain water, and choosing plants that use less water.

Denai Eerkes’ play Trust Me took on a difficult subject head-on, as forewarned in the program’s cautionary statement: “Content warnings – mentions/depictions of sexual assault, abuse, flashing lights, foul language.”

Director of Community Services Mitchell Hamm outlined that although challenges exist with COLT, improvements are definitely possible.

The open house will be held at the Heritage Club in Springbank starting at 6 p.m. 

Kruger called Art in the Park a celebration of both nature and art. 

“And I like the fact that we got to fill in some informational gaps about the site. The early ranching site in the 1880s was explored, but no one really looked at what they were doing after that period in any serious way,” Pickering said. “And that gave us an opportunity to do that, which I thought was very exciting.”

The Cochrane resident’s life has simplified – and gotten much safer – since he was ushered out of the Sudanese city of Khartoum when fighting broke out between rival military factions in April.

Locals had the chance to take their mothers out to the Bearpaw Lifestyle Centre for a special afternoon ahead of Mother's Day with their Mother's Day Market and Tea Party on May 13.

With the 2023 Alberta Provincial Elections less than two weeks away, learn more about the candidates running for the Airdrie-Cochrane riding and their plans to better serve the community.