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“We do have an issue. We do have to deal with it,” Genung said. “This is an important and key property in our community … At the end of the day, it will end up being a clearer site. I don’t see any other option.”

“When people know about, and people know that’s where those shows are shot it’s a way to promote Cochrane as a destination,” Oucharek said

“With this support, we can begin to find a way forward, so that our community has an opportunity to find hope and healing,” Young said. “It is a sad truth that the individual and communal harm that occurred in these schools affects Indigenous families and communities today through direct and intergenerational trauma.”

“We thought it would be nice to get them out and enjoying a day at the movies,” DeMaere-Ellis said. “This is a nice way to start integrating them back into our community and having a normal life.”

Rocky View County council has voted in favour of maintaining its lease and operating agreement with the Town of Cochrane for the Spray Lake Sawmills Family Sports Centre for the time being. Council made the decision at their June 29 meeting.

“It’s super exciting. But, it’s almost a kind of sad note because the guys know it’s the last games of their minor hockey career,” Sweet said.

“I do see the timing as important. We’re already seeing redevelopment along Griffin … In order for these Corridor Plans to come into effect they have to actually be in play prior to development applications happening,” McFadden said. “If we want this redevelopment to be looking to the future the Corridor Plan needs to be in place.”

“It was for the support and acknowledgment of our Residential School survivors and to honour our ancestors who didn’t make it home,” Holloway said. “We’ve been silenced for too long.”

“We still have to move forward— We have to continue this work,” Snow said.