Cochrane

This week's Adorable Adoptables feature is as sweet as breakfast and twice as fun. Meet Pancakes, the energetic pup with a love for snacks and snuggles.

“She’s one and a half years old, a mixed breed, and a beautiful girl who loves adventuring,” says Robyn Roy, communications coordinator with the Cochrane & Area Humane Society.

It’s been a much wetter than normal July in Cochrane, and it’s not over yet.

Christy Climenhaga, a scientist with Environment and Climate Change Canada, says the Calgary region has already seen well over 100 millimetres of rain this month.

“Depending on where you are in proximity to the foothills, it’s a little bit more, a little bit less,” she says. “But we're already well above what's considered normal for July.”

Vacation rental operators in Rocky View County (RVC) will now face stricter regulations under a new bylaw recently passed by county council.

The county council has set out a new framework aimed at balancing tourism and economic opportunity with preserving the character of local neighbourhoods.

Environment and Climate Change Canada has issued a rainfall warning for Cochrane as steady showers continue to move through the area.

An additional 10 to 20 millimetres of rain is expected before conditions improve later tonight.

The ongoing rainfall could lead to localized flooding, especially in low-lying areas and spots with poor drainage.

Drivers are being urged to slow down, use headlights when visibility drops and keep a safe distance from other vehicles.

Thousands of smiles were created during the week-long Smile Cookie campaign at local Tim Hortons restaurants.

A record $24,352.94 was raised through the sale of tens of thousands of cookies decorated during the recent campaign.

“The support that we get from the community is tremendous,” said Nancy Etcheverry, owner of all three Cochrane locations.

The founding CEO of the five-year-old organization will stay on until January 2026

Seeds Canada is looking for a new chief executive officer after Barry Senft announced he is stepping down from the role he’s held for about four years.

Senft will continue to serve as CEO until the end of January 2026.

“I think after five years, it’s time for new leadership,” he said during the 2025 Seeds Canada conference in Quebec City.

He said someone with more seeds experience would make sense now that the organization is up and running.

As five former Canadian world junior hockey players await a ruling in their sexual assault trial, legal experts say videos shown in court of the complainant saying she was OK with what had happened highlight a broader misunderstanding of consent and sexual assault law in Canada.

Two cellphone videos in which the woman says she’s “OK with this” and that “it was all consensual” were presented as evidence during the trial of Michael McLeod, Carter Hart, Alex Formenton, Dillon Dube, and Callan Foote.

Several Conservative MPs are criticizing the Crown's approach to prosecuting two key organizers of the Freedom Convoy protests, with the party's deputy leader calling it an act of "political vengeance."

Tamara Lich and Chris Barber were convicted of mischief in April for their roles in organizing the demonstration, which blockaded streets around Parliament Hill for more than three weeks in early 2022.

Barber was also convicted of counselling others to disobey a court order.

Among the many success stories of this year’s smash-hit Bragg Creek Days was, without a doubt, the incredible talent that took to the Calgary Stampede mobile stage.

Narrowing it down to just five acts was the toughest task for Rob Sawchuck of Bragg Creek’s Turkey and Pistols.

“It’s a tough, tough call, right?” he said. “There’s lots of talent here. We could be playing for two straight days, to be honest.”

Cochrane RCMP are asking for the public’s assistance in locating a missing mother and daughter last seen in the community on July 12.

Thirty-year-old Ashley Bartley and her four-year-old daughter, Marlie Myers, may be travelling in a white 2021 Chevrolet Spark with Alberta licence plate CWH 6991. They are also believed to be linked to a brown Chevrolet Silverado with Alberta plate CTK 2994.