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What's happening in Cochrane this week: The Big Hill Haven Women's Shelter is a hosting a series of classes to help residents better understand family violence, Rocky View students raised nearly $48,00 for cancer research and the Cochrane Public Library is giving out take-home birdhouse building kits.

A staff member of the Spray Lake Sawmills Family Sports Centre has tested positive for COVID-19.

“Looking in neighbouring communities like Banff, and Canmore and Calgary, all of these communities have food recovery centres where they’re taking food like that, whether it be from grocery stores, or food drives or hotels in the area, they’re taking food that other people maybe can’t use and repurposing it and offering it in a way that’s either free or virtually free to the community who might want it."

COCHRANE— Cochrane Fire Services contained a .3-hectare grass fire across from Bow Valley High School Wednesday (April 28). Fire Chief Shawn Polley said Fire Services received multiple calls around 2 p.m.

“Every park user is a valuable scientist and together we can document the wildlife in and around the city."

"With the year that everybody has been having, not just people in their own struggles, but businesses as well. For businesses and business owners to be so generous and giving, and understanding that we’re all going through a hard time, but they’re still willing to give and help others, it just makes us feel so … overwhelmed."

The government of Alberta is establishing a Kananaskis Conservation Pass that will see vehicles charged a per day, or annual fee to access the region's provincial parks and recreation areas, including those located in the Bow Valley corridor.

“We’re still in the infantile stages of planning. We’re kind of trying to wait it out and see where to spend our energy."

This year to challenge herself competitive athlete Kylee Toth had the goal to ski the elevation of Mount Everest, 8,848 metres, in 12 hours. To honour the task and to motivate herself she thought it would be fun to make a monthly donation of $88.48 to Big Hill Haven.

“Our mandate is to connect and bring people together, find different ways to celebrate, different ways to learn things about art,” Kaczmer said. "We’re doing a number of things to try and bring the community together.”