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“I’m so pleased because this has re-ignited my love for teaching. This is the heart of teaching,” she said.

“This is something big, this is for our people and I hope that it will bring awareness to the drug crisis that we’re in – it’s ongoing and it’s an epidemic,” said Twoyoungmen, a member of the Stoney Nakoda First Nation Chiniki band. “The drug crisis itself is wiping out our people. It’s taking our youth a lot more than we could have ever expected and a lot faster, and it’s taking our older generation, too, before we even get a chance to try and heal their traumas.”

"They were hanging around on the opposite side of the road as their mother, who was unfortunately dead in the ditch. They were calling for her and it was quite heartbreaking to see."

The NDP’s Municipal Affairs critic Joe Ceci came to Cochrane today to share documents his party received through a freedom of information request (FOIP), which show that ambulances were pulled from towns surrounding Calgary more than 30,000 times in three years.

The mostly-positive growing conditions this season are in stark contrast to this time last year, when the County declared a state of agricultural disaster during a prolonged heat wave that plagued western Canada in July and August 2021.

After experiencing the stresses of moving firsthand, Jenn Pole wanted to help other Bragg Creek newcomers and created free welcome bags for newcomers.

Summertime brings out the best at Big Hill Springs Provincial Park, located in between Cochrane and Airdrie. A trip in early August provides photographers the opportunity to take plenty of photos of the park's wildlife, fauna, and spring.

Cochrane has quickly captured the hearts of new residents Leta and Nia Taylor, and they're eager to return that love to the community in the way they know best – through art.