Cochrane

A former health-care agency leader is asking a judge to deliver a quick decision on her wrongful dismissal lawsuit against the Alberta government, but the province says it will push back.

Athana Mentzelopoulos, the former CEO of Alberta Health Services, or AHS, has applied for a summary judgment on the legality of her January firing, which would avoid sending the case to trial.

Cochrane’s pool community was sinking shots and raising funds last weekend, bringing in $685 — and possibly more — to help three-year-old Brielle Thompson take her first steps with robotic legs.

The fundraiser, hosted by the Venue Bar and Grill, drew 24 players, with more left on the waiting list.

Bill Gibbons, a longtime Cochrane resident and professional billiards instructor, said once word spread, the tournament filled quickly.

Physiological Leaf Spot is suspected in a number of winter wheat fields in Southern Alberta.

Physiological leaf spot (PLS) appears as round or oval lesions that may be yellow or bleached white to gray in color. Lesions may also have a dark center with a narrow chlorotic (yellow) halos and tend to be more numerous toward the tip of the leaf blade. PLS lesions are often found in the upper canopy, and missing or rare on lower leaves.

Three Factors Favoring Physiological Leaf Spot (PLS):

Elise Neven-Pugh is inviting people to learn how to create their own silver lining at a mindset workshop being held June 16 at St. Andrew’s United Church.

The workshop focuses on connecting with a higher power, the importance of gratitude, and how to process emotions and challenges in a constructive way to find serenity.

“Positivity doesn’t have to be, ‘Oh, this is great!’ You can have difficult emotions, but there’s a positive way to process them. You can utilize a difficult situation to process emotions in a healthy way,” she explained.

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and three of her ministers got an earful on Wednesday night from southern Alberta locals at a rowdy, hours-long town hall to discuss the province's coal policy.

About 500 people, dressed in cowboy hats, belt buckles, and jeans, packed a community hall in Fort Macleod, Alta., for an event marked by heckling, competing applause and placards.

The Canadian citizen believed to be on an Air India flight that crashed shortly after takeoff is a dentist from Mississauga, Ont., her family has confirmed.

The husband of Nirali Sureshkumar Patel said she was on board the London-bound flight that crashed Thursday, killing at least 240 people.

Patel's dental clinic referred The Canadian Press to the husband, who said that he was in the process of booking travel to India for himself and the couple's one-year-old child.

Almost 13 years after her daughter disappeared, a Calgary mother is still pleading for answers and hoping someone will come forward with new information.

Sara Georgina Coates was last seen on August 1, 2012, during a walk in Calgary’s Stanley Park with her mother, Dubhe Coates. At the time, Sara was 31 years old and living in her van with her dog and two cats. She had been travelling frequently, and her mother says their last conversation was about helping her settle down.

Will Cochrane hit the $43,000 target to give three-year-old Brielle Thompson a chance to walk with robotic legs?

A month-long community fundraising drive wraps up this Saturday with a two-hour celebration at Cochrane Toyota, from 1 to 3 p.m.

Organizer Dan Kroffat is inviting residents of Cochrane and area to attend.

U.S. president Trump has attacked the sustainability movement, but a major pulse player urges investors to stick with the industry

A Canadian food industry executive is telling pulse companies to stick with their sustainability messaging despite attempts by powerful people to undermine the movement.

Murad Al-Katib, president of AGT Food and Ingredients, said U.S. president Donald Trump has been very vocal about his disdain for the green movement.

An estimated 400 people overflowed Cochrane’s council chambers on June 11 as speaker after speaker voiced concerns over YMCA Calgary’s proposed operational takeover of the SLS Centre.

The crowd heard a call from former town councillor Miles Chester to put the decision to a plebiscite during the upcoming October municipal election.

“This is an important decision that’s being made,” said Chester. “Let’s hand it over as a plebiscite, ask the whole community if they want to do this—do you want to move forward?”