Cochrane

Season two of My Life With the Walter Boys now has a premiere date, and a brand-new trailer to go along with it.

While season one of the hit Netflix series was filmed in Cochrane, the town was unfortunately skipped for the second season.

Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand is headed off to Japan and Malaysia as the Carney government shapes its diplomatic and trade approach to the Indo-Pacific region.

Anand will meet with her Japanese counterpart in Tokyo this week as the two finalize an agreement on sharing defence information and boosting trade.

On Thursday and Friday, Anand will take part in a meeting with the Association of South East Asian Nations, or ASEAN, in Malaysia.

The head of emergency medicine for Alberta's doctors association is challenging Premier Danielle Smith to join him on shift to see the frustration of patients jammed for hours in hallways and the moral injury of doctors looking into the eyes of the those who wait.

“It's this kind of vicarious trauma, this inability to help when we're helpers, that is causing us to leave,” Dr. Warren Thirsk said in an interview.

“Unless you experience it, you don't really get it.

Ryan Ness of the Canadian Climate Institute says he's been following the "terrible tragedy" of deadly flash flooding unfolding in Texas, where more than 100 people have died.

But he's also worried Canada isn't doing enough to prevent such disasters here, saying the country needs to invest in flood mapping, infrastructure and early warning systems.

"Luckily, there are many ways that we can protect ourselves, but we have to make the effort," said Ness, who is the research director for adaptation at the policy research organization.

The 2026 Census of Agriculture questionnaire has now been published on the Statistics Canada website.

The census is conducted every five years with the last Agriculture Census being done in 2021.

For the 2026 Census of Agriculture, new categories have been added under the commodity questions to identify emerging agricultural products. 

Questions on agricultural practices have been expanded to include environmental practices and environmental sustainability.

The Calgary Stampede is officially underway, along with the rodeo, midway and live entertainment... the event also showcases agriculture and Alberta's ranching history

It's a chance to step back in time and experience life on the farm and ranch, with the Vintage Tractor Pull and Blacksmith showcase;  to the Heavy Horse, Cutting Horse, and Team Cattle Penning competitions; Chuckwagon races, to the Junior Steer Classic, the International Youth Livestock Supreme Championship and Scholarships, the World Stock Dog Championships, and International Livestock Auctioneer Championships.

Industry is applauding the federal government’s progress toward a foot-and-mouth disease vaccine bank after it awarded supply contracts to two companies.

Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health and Biogenesis Bago SA will supply vaccine products and develop the vaccine bank.

Canadian Cattle Association Saskatchewan director and former Saskatchewan Stock Growers Association president Garner Deobald, who formerly worked for Boehringer, said both companies are well respected and were good choices.

“I think it is important, for sure, to be ready,” he said.

Cochrane performers are front and centre in this year’s Calgary Stampede Grandstand Show, entertaining nightly crowds of 20,000 through Sunday.

Glenn Watts, one of the last modern square dance callers in Alberta, and 19-year-old fiddler Katerina Rose are featured alongside 16 square dancers from across southern Alberta and 16 Young Canadians in a high-energy, two-song performance.

The Cochrane Endurance Project brought home a strong collection of medals and personal bests from the Athletics Alberta Age Class Provincial Track & Field Championships held this past weekend at Strathcona Athletics Park.

A 13-member squad, including athletes Raimo Sollitt, Eli Torrie, Kayley Torrie, Eddie MacMillan, Abby Torrie, Ryden Bruce, Jessica Kaiser, Clay Grattidge, Csenia Irvin, Roman Lang, Coach BobbiJo Waite-Lang, and Jillian Roberts, represented the club in a variety of events.

Alberta NDP leader Naheed Nenshi says the revival of the Progressive Conservative Party by two former United Conservative MLAs is a sign of growing discontent within Premier Danielle Smith’s government.

In a statement, Nenshi accused the UCP of fostering “corruption, incompetence and chaos,” and claimed recent internal dissent points to deeper fractures within the governing party.