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The McCafé Coffee Break grabbed its travel mugs and paid a visit to Karla Jackson Bookkeeping & Tax Services this week! 

91.5FM CochraneNow showed up to spoil the hardworking team to fresh McCafé coffee and baked goods courtesy of McDonald’s Cochrane.

The nomination came in from a longtime customer.

“I’ve trusted Karla with my books for years and she’s never let me down.”

“She’s knowledgeable, efficient and always has time to answer questions. This treat is well deserved.”

Canada’s Code of Practice for Care and Handling of Pigs is up for review, a process expected to be compete by 2028

Canada’s national pig code is getting an update.

‘We’ve launched the code of practice with the National Farm Animal Care Council,” said Stephen Heckbert, executive director of the Canadian Pork Council.

The Code of Practice for the Care and Handling of Pigs will be guided by the development process set out by the National Farm Animal Care Council (NFACC), the spearheading body for Canada’s various livestock codes.

This week’s Adorable Adoptable is a cool customer with a great name to match. Meet Doc Martin, a four-year-old domestic long hair who is slowly stealing hearts at the Cochrane & Area Humane Society.

Doc was shy when he first arrived, but he's been quietly finding his confidence. His quirky personality is beginning to shine through, and he's starting to enjoy gentle affection and tasty treats.

Airdrie singer-songwriter Brandon Lorenzo is ready to hit the ground running this summer with a full lineup of shows, including a return to a community he calls a second home: Cochrane.

Lorenzo will be the featured performer at the CochraneNow Stampede Pancake Breakfast on July 9, and says he’s looking forward to once again playing for a crowd that always shows up in full force.

“Every time we get to come out to Cochrane, it just feels really good,” Lorenzo says. “You’ve always really made me feel welcome. It honestly feels like a hometown crowd.”

Parks Canada will be waiving entry fees at all national parks, including the popular Banff National Park, from June 20 to September 2 as part of the new Canada Strong Pass initiative.

Announced June 16, the federal program, originally a campaign promise, offers free admission to all visitors at national parks, historic sites, and marine conservation areas managed by Parks Canada. It also includes a 25 per cent discount on camping fees.

Alberta RCMP are warning the public about a rise in organized gold and jewellery scams happening in parking lots across the province.

The scam typically involves individuals, often posing as stranded motorists, approaching victims to ask for money. In return, they offer what appears to be valuable gold or jewellery, which later turns out to be fake. In some cases, scammers have even escorted victims to ATMs or stores to withdraw cash or buy gift cards.

Summer in Cochrane won’t be quite the same with a long-standing tradition stepping out of the ring.

After 24 years, Jason Borton has pulled the plug on the Cochrane Classic Bullriding event, which traditionally packed the grounds of the Cochrane and District Ag Society in late July.

The event's founder says the rising cost of putting on the show and mounting time constraints made it impossible to continue.

After years of dedicated fundraising, a new chapter is about to begin at Westbrook School.

A brand-new playground is set to be installed at the end of June. But before that happens, volunteers are needed to bring it to life.

An organization that monitors the effect of information flows on human rights says the new federal border security bill appears to "roll out a welcome mat" for expanded data-sharing agreements with the United States and other countries.

Researchers with The Citizen Lab at the University of Toronto say they want the federal government to reveal more about the information-sharing implications of the bill due to a possible risk to human rights.

Canada is hosting the G7 summit in Kananaskis, Alta.

Prime Minister Mark Carney has two days of meetings scheduled with world leaders, with discussion topics likely to include trade, the war in Ukraine and conflict in the Middle East.

Here are some highlights from the first day of the summit. 

The countdown to a U.S.-Canada trade deal is on

Prime Minister Mark Carney's office says U.S. President Donald Trump has agreed to have a deal on a new economic and security relationship between Canada and the U.S. by mid-July.