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“It provides security. You have a 20-year forest management agreement in place that would require compensation if there is any reversal or changes to that fibre source,” Guthrie said. “That allows mills and Spray Lake to invest and know they have the security to invest within their mills and the people that they have for the future.”

“One of our most significant concerns is source water protection. Our water treatment plant is only a few kilometres downriver from this proposal, it is the water for 32,000 of our residents. Obviously, the impact of a gravel operation on our water supply is a grave concern for us."

“We’ve been online for the majority of this past school year, the hardest part of being in education right now is we are all a part,” Dixon said. “It’s been very hard during the pandemic because we haven’t been able to see the students.”

“It’s pretty crazy to think that this place has been here for 10 years. It’s grown at such a rapid rate, it’s been really, really cool."

“It’s entirely their Nation— These illustrations are all from the Nation, so is the photography, the stories and the knowledge,” Shyba said. “It’s a cultural jewel.”

Two people are facing drug trafficking charges after police stopped a vehicle and found suspected fentanyl and methamphetamine.

ROCKY VIEW— Cochrane RCMP are investigating a shooting that occurred west of Woodland Estates Monday (July 19) morning. RCMP were called to the scene at 6:05 a.m.

“They had no idea that the river was that cold, or that dangerous, they just went for it and they almost paid with a family member drowning.”

"As expected in 2020 service related to wellbeing checks and mental health activities increased," Brunner said. "Mental health and domestic violence continue to be front runners of community issues, not just in this community but throughout Alberta and more or less Canada."

“Connecting Indigenous students to the land has always been a part of my educational philosophy,” Horvath said