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Alberta's transportation minister is calling on the province's two major cities to remove bike lanes from key roadways, prompting critics to say the government is overstepping and making an issue out of nothing.

Devin Dreeshen says he's trying to avoid clashes with the government's goal of expanding road networks, as he blames bike lanes for traffic congestion and obstructing work to build the infrastructure needed for Alberta's growing population.

The Cochrane Activettes are inviting local students to apply for two bursaries, each valued at $4,500.

The awards started as a way to mark the organization’s 35th anniversary and have grown to becoming a insturmental way to support youth in the Cochrane area pursuing post-secondary education.

Applicants must be 21 or younger as of June 1, 2025, and be graduates of a Cochrane high school.

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With the federal election just days away, farmers and ranchers had the opportunity to hear directly from political parties about their agricultural policies.  With the federal election just days away, farmers and ranchers had the opportunity to hear directly from political parties about their agricultural policies.  The Canadian Federation of Agriculture held their National Agriculture Leaders Debate last week. The debate on Thursday featured representatives from the Liberal, Conservative, NDP, Green, and Bloc Québécois parties. 

The brackets are locked, the skates are sharpened, and the chase for glory begins now for the first-ever CochraneNow Cup hockey playoff pool.

This isn’t just for pride, one lucky winner will snag $1,000 cash and a permanent spot on the CochraneNow Cup.

That’s right. Your name, engraved for eternity, like a true playoff legend.

Think you’ve got the winning team? Text DRAFT to the 91.5FM CochraneNow Talk & Text line at 403-981-0915. 

An outspoken member of Alberta's legislature, booted from the United Conservative Party caucus, is airing more detailed allegations of what he calls government deception over a health-care contract scandal.

Peter Guthrie resigned as infrastructure minister in February and is accusing Premier Danielle Smith and Health Minister Adriana LaGrange of deliberately misleading a Jan. 30 cabinet committee meeting over procurement issues.

"I didn't step down because nothing happened," he said.

The Alberta government has announced the appointment of a new interim chief medical officer of health, days after the previous one's contract expired.

Officials say Dr. Sunil Sookram is to serve in the role on a temporary basis as arrangements are finalized for a "longer-term appointment."

Sookram is currently the facility medical director and chief of medical staff at Strathcona Community Hospital in Sherwood Park, east of Edmonton.

Country fans in Cochrane have reason to celebrate as breakout Canadian star Teigen Gayse will take the stage as the Friday night headliner for this year’s Bow Valley Boot Stomp.

The B.C. born, Nashville-based singer will take the stage July 18 for what she promises will be a “high-energy, fun” performance.

“You never know what’s going to happen,” Gayse says.

“I always try and bring a lot of energy to the stage. It’s like my alter ego comes out.”

The Conservatives and NDP spent the weekend hunting votes in British Columbia — a key late-campaign battleground that one pollster says may offer Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre his best shot at victory.

Both Poilievre and NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh addressed Canadians' cost-of-living concerns at campaign events in B.C. on Sunday.

Singh was asked if he was advocating strategic voting to shore up the party's flagging support against possible Conservative inroads in the region.

Pope Francis will be remembered by Canadian Catholics as a progressive leader whose approach to the papacy helped usher in a new era of Indigenous relations and make the church more responsive to its rank and file.

The Vatican says the pontiff died Monday at age 88.

Francis was the global leader of Canada's most popular organized religion. Nearly 11 million Canadians identified as Catholic in the 2021 census, second only to those without a religious affiliation.

Three of five candidates for the revised Yellowhead federal riding are scheduled to appear at the Springbank election candidates forum, organized by the Springbank Community Association.

Liberal Michael Fark, NDP candidate Avni Soma and Conservative William Stevenson have all confirmed their attendance at the forum, set for Tuesday, April 22, at the Springbank Heritage Club, 244168 Range Road 33. The forum begins at 7 p.m.

Vicky Bayford of the People’s Party of Canada and Dale Heath of the Christian Heritage Party have not confirmed their attendance.