COVID-19

"There is definitely going to be a 24-game season regardless of what happens. If it happens in November, if it happens December 1 we can still finish the 24-game season.”

COCHRANE— The Spray Lake Sawmills Family Sports Centre has had its first confirmed case of COVID-19.

Nakoda Elementary students will be returning to the classroom on Sept. 21 under the provincial scenario two re-entry plan

Although COVID-19 may have affected how students are attending school in the fall semester, enrolment numbers remain mostly the same as an average year at Bow Valley College Cochrane Campus.

Nine-year-old Jude Greff donated 20 copies of the book he wrote to the Cochrane Fire Service and other front line workers to honour their bravery during the COVID-19 pandemic.

“When you race these things, I always tell everybody, you need to feel like you’re having a heart attack. That’s how you know you’re going hard enough."

“The majority of people want children to resume education and get back into the routine of school,” Szulmas said. “But, there are some parents and some staff members that are very anxious and nervous about the unknown.”

“One of the issues that we’re addressing with the rural students is how they are going to do their online courses,” Library Manager Lisette McCracken said. “If you live west of Water Valley you just cannot get Internet— It doesn’t work.”

It is expected to be a busy Labour Day long weekend on Sept. 5-7

A young cowboy from Cremona won the Junior Tie-Down Championship, but his rodeo season was cut short by the COVID-19 pandemic.