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Cochrane Ag Society Tack & Barn Sale - Saturday

Are you finding yourself tangled in spare halters and extra reigns? Have your kids grown out of their saddles and boots? Need to clear up some space in the barn or shed? Then register a table at our Tack & Barn Sale and help the Cochrane Ag Society and yourself at the same time!

Students from across Rocky View Schools (RVS) hit the courts and playing fields at Genesis Place on April 30 for the division’s Unified Sports Jamboree — a day-long celebration of inclusion, teamwork and athletic fun.

The event, hosted in partnership with Special Olympics Alberta, brought together 128 students from seven schools across Airdrie, Beiseker, Chestermere, Cochrane, Langdon and Rocky View County. Participants competed in events including bocce ball, cornhole, floorball and turbo javelin.

Cochrane RCMP say mental health and impaired driving were notable concerns in the community during April, as the detachment responded to 476 calls for service throughout the month.

With Mental Health Week underway (May 5–9), Inspector Dave Brunner highlighted the growing number of calls related to mental health issues, including 24 well-being checks and 17 calls specifically categorized as mental health concerns.

The stories of youth matter—but it can be a struggle for them to share them.

This Saturday, MyReach Alberta is offering a free, one-day hands-on workshop aimed at empowering youth to tell their stories and ignite self-awareness. The event runs from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at King’s Gate Church, 53 West Aarsby Rd.

Alexis Larsen helped plant the seed for the event, said Karlene Myers of the Cochrane-based non-profit organization.

Agriculture is one of the largest industries in the province, and simultaneously one of the most dangerous. As seeding and calving season gets underway, safety is once again top of mind for local farmers and their employees.  

Ryan Jacobson is the Chief Executive Officer with the Saskatchewan Safety Council (SSC) and formerly operated an agricultural farm in southeast Saskatchewan. He explains that every industry experiences gaps in safety protocols. 

A former Alberta premier has a new job in the provincial courts.

The provincial government says David Hancock has been named assistant chief justice of the Alberta Court of Justice in the Edmonton Family and Youth Division.

Hancock, a long-time legislature member, served as interim premier and Progressive Conservative Party leader after the 2014 resignation of Alison Redford, later calling it the "best summer job that I've ever had."

Hancock retired from politics after Jim Prentice was named as leader and was appointed in 2017 as a provincial court judge.

The Speaker of the Alberta legislature is resigning his seat in the assembly to become the province's representative to the United States.

"Serving this assembly has been one of the greatest honours of my lifetime," Nathan Cooper said Wednesday in a speech to the house announcing his resignation.

"Working as the assembly's chief diplomat has equipped me in, and to be ready for, my next role serving Albertans in a new and meaningful way."

As separatist discontent bubbles up anew in Alberta, experts say a vote to sever ties with Canada would pitch the country into unexplored territory on everything from money to First Nations and national parks.

“You’re in terra incognita. You’re off the map when we get to that stage of the proceedings,” said law professor Eric Adams.

“A lot of things are going to be broken on the way out the door.”

After the Second World War came to a close, Canada pulled itself away from Great Britain and planted itself firmly within a North American political and economic compact that generated prosperity for much of the western world for decades.

But as the world marks 80 years since the end of the war in Europe, an increasingly unstable geopolitical climate — and an administration in Washington bent on fighting a trade war with much of the world — has Canada looking back to the continent as a way to preserve peace and prosperity.

Observers say the American government’s move toward deregulation could have sweeping consequences for Canadians.

A new policy paper warns Canadian agriculture to prepare for changing U.S. domestic policies that seek efficiencies through deregulation.

The paper from Agri-Food Economic Systems said this could include food inspection.

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