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Bria Michalski of the Cochrane Piranhas had to take two cracks at winning silver during the Region E Regional Championships in Calgary on Aug. 12 to 13. Michalski and her closest opponent finished in 128.

This year’s Canadian Tire Jumpstart Games will be held at Spray Lake Sawmills Family Sports Centre on Aug. 23 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

The 51st annual Lions Labour Day Rodeo committee is still looking to the community to help make Cochrane’s biggest weekend of the year a success.

Allison Duck Chief has a vision to open a butchery using traditional cutting methods on her home reserve of Siksika Nation. Now, after being accepted into an upcoming Aboriginal entrepreneurial program, that vision is closer to becoming a reality.

Parents in charge of creating a new playground at Fireside School want to build an outdoor community that gives every child – at every level of ability – a place to enjoy.

For people like Edmonton cowboy and Police Air 1 Pilot Brian Griffith and many of the first responder community the Calgary Police Rodeo is a very special day. “It’s amazing – I’ve been around rodeo my whole life,” Griffith said.

Two Cochrane Cowboys wrestlers, Connor McNeice and Hunter Smith, pinned their way to a gold medal and a fifth placing overall at this year’s 2017 Canada Summer games in Winnipeg from July 28 to Aug. 13.

Fun Run Cochranites are encouraged to dress in bright colours for the third annual Fun Run, which takes place through the Historic Ranche site this weekend.

Police are seeking three people believed to have information about a recent theft from a rural shop in Springbank where shots were reportedly fired at a resident who attempted to stop the thieves.

A Cochrane tattoo shop is helping LGBTQ kids feel comfortable in their own skin by hosting a charity ink event for Camp fYrefly next week.