Cochrane

WINNIPEG — Wheat growers in North Dakota have altered how they use fungicides to control fusarium head blight.

Many farmers now apply fungicides later, after flowers first appear on wheat heads, to cut the risk of fusarium damaged kernels (FDK) and reduce levels of deoxynivalenol (DON) in cereals.

Western Canadian farmers should make a similar switch, says a plant pathologist with Agriculture Canada in Alberta.

Right now, some agronomists and grower groups say the ideal fungicide timing starts when 75 per cent of wheat heads are fully emerged.

2025 Chamber of Commerce Annual Trades Show - Saturday & Sunday

Join the Town of Cochrane at the Chamber Tradeshow in the SLS curling rink to connect with Council and staff, learn about Cochrane projects and provide your feedback on important initiatives underway! 

Years of hard work and determination are paying off for Bow Valley Bobcats quarterback Kaden Barnstable.

The 16-year-old pivot has been selected to compete in the CFC Prospect Game, which will air nationally on TSN on May 24. Barnstable earned the nod after standout performances at showcases in Calgary and Vancouver, catching the attention of scouts from Canada Football Chat, who made the announcement earlier this week.

Former infrastructure minister Peter Guthrie has continued to peel back layers of the health-care contract scandal this week in the Alberta legislature.

Guthrie has been sharply critical of the government's handling of the controversy during question period and has tabled a series of documents aimed at improving transparency. These include a short write-up and handwritten notes he prepared ahead of a Feb. 19 cabinet meeting.

Alberta singer-songwriter Ashley Ghostkeeper is hitting the road, and the airwaves, again with a heartfelt new single that pays tribute to her family roots and the northern cowboy culture of the 1980s.

The track, Cowboy’s Dream, is set to be out on all streaming platforms May 9 and tells the story of Ghostkeeper’s father and his days on the rodeo circuit.

At least two Cochrane players will be appearing in WHL Championship Series after the Medicine Hat Tigers punched their ticket into the league final with a four-game sweep of the Lethbridge Hurricanes.

The Tabbies held off a Hurricanes comeback in the third last night in Lethbridge to come out on top 5-3.

Cochrane's Ethan Neutens had an assist for the Tigers in the game.

The Tigers have been on a roll, going 22-1 since Feb. 21.

Communal grief following the ramming attack at a Filipino festival in Vancouver that killed 11 people on the weekend will likely persist for months, mental health experts in British Columbia warn. 

"Traumatic events, grief, is not something that is resolved in a week or two weeks, or a couple of months," said Heather Mohan, a clinical counsellor and executive director of the charity Lumara Grief and Bereavement Care Society.

Cochrane is set to mark a major milestone in its cultural development with the unveiling of three new public art installations at a community celebration on Saturday, May 10.

The event, scheduled from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. at The Station at Cochrane Crossing, will officially celebrate the completion of the Cochrane Crossing Civic Plaza Art Project. The permanent sculptures reflect both Cochrane’s cultural heritage and its vision for the future.

Some Conservative MPs are expressing support for party leader Pierre Poilievre after he lost both the federal election and his own seat on Monday.

In his concession speech early Tuesday morning, Poilievre indicated he would stay on as leader. The Conservative party did not respond when asked Wednesday whether he has officially decided to stay.

"My view is he's not going anywhere," said Kory Teneycke, Ontario Premier Doug Ford's former campaign manager and a former director of communications for former prime minister Stephen Harper.

A group trying to make a case for electoral reform by creating very long ballots is declaring victory in this week's election — even as critics accuse it of indulging in stunts that undermine democracy.

"It's been a success," said Mark Moutter, one of dozens of protest candidates who ran in the Ottawa riding of Carleton.

"I've never seen people looking more optimistically at electoral reform, ever."