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The Cochrane Rotary Club has announced the return of their Youth Long-term exchange program, offering students in Cochrane the opportunity to learn internationally. The program took a three-year hiatus due to COVID-19 restrictions.

Cast member Melanie Baux said when searching for a script for their fall production, Swamp Donkey Musical Theatre’s all-female creative team was looking for a show that would highlight their experiences as women.

In her new role, Rosin said her priority will be the “growth and vitality of the tourism industry all across Alberta,” noting the tourism secretary role includes collaboration with the Ministry of Forestry, Parks and Tourism.

The Glenbow Ranch Park Foundation sponsored an information talk Oct. 25, where attendees learned about some of the region’s invasive plants. Invasive species are plants, usually introduced from somewhere else, that cause more harm than benefit.

On Oct. 5, Cochrane RCMP officers assisted CPS in a search warrant at a residence in Calgary, during which officers seized 116 grams of fentanyl, 364 grams of methamphetamine, and 316 grams of cocaine.

Alberta Fish and Wildlife officers first darted the bear to immobilize it, then moved it to an enclosure before they euthanized it, as the animal was considered a public safety risk.

Town council voted 4-2 in favour of tabling discussion regarding the use of municipal funds to support the opening of an Indigenous Centre in Cochrane during the Oct. 24 regular council meeting.

Stories from the Îethka, a series of three oil paintings and one pencil drawing by Îyârhe Nakoda artist Gordon Wesley, is the fall instalment of a year-long rotating art exhibition series from the City of Calgary highlighting the work of Treaty 7 Indigenous artists and their connection to the land.

Banff-Airdrie MP Blake Richards has some qualms with an impending adjustment of his riding’s boundaries. Every 10 years, the boundaries of Canada’s federal constituencies are adjusted to account for regional population changes.

Cochrane town council received its draft 2023-2025 Budget as an information item on Oct. 24, and voted to set up the public deliberation schedule, which will lead to formal adoption of the budget on Dec. 12.