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The Medicine Hat Tigers will look to book their spot in the WHL championship series tonight, needing just one more win to eliminate the Lethbridge Hurricanes.

The Tigers took a 3-0 stranglehold on the best-of-seven series with a wild 8-7 overtime victory on Tuesday night in Lethbridge. The back-and-forth affair saw both teams trade leads before Medicine Hat emerged on top with a goal at 2:41 in the extra frame.

Cochrane product Kadon McCann contributed to the high-scoring effort of the Tabbies.

With the recent election victory of Mark Carney and his Liberal team, the Grain Growers of Canada have emphasized the urgent need to address the ongoing tariff situation with the U.S. and China. Executive Director Kyle Larkin highlighted the severe impact these tariffs are having on Canadian farmers and the broader economy.

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The Liberals rose from the ashes under Prime Minister Mark Carney in a stunning reversal of fortunes this year, but the party's failure to sweep many of the ridings it sought Monday night denied it a resounding majority mandate.

A big part of that failure happened in Ontario, where the party lost many incumbents — even as Carney called for a strong mandate to deal with the threat posed by U.S. President Donald Trump.

Elections Canada says more than 68 per cent of eligible voters cast a ballot in the federal election — more than 19.5 million people.

While this election was widely expected to see increased turnout, it did not surpass the record set in March 1958, when 79.4 per cent of eligible Canadians voted.

But the nearly 68.7 per cent turnout was the best since the 1993 federal election, which saw 69.6 per cent of eligible voters cast a ballot.

Airdrie-Cochrane Liberal candidate Sean Secord says he intends to stay politically active and is willing to put his name forward in a future election.

In his first foray into politics, Secord, of Cochrane, saw Liberal support double in the riding to 24 per cent from the 2021 election within its new boundaries. While he finished a distant second, Secord was the only candidate to offer any real challenge to incumbent Conservative MP Blake Richards.

Tara McFaddan wants to know, and the rest of the town council unanimously agrees.

Town administration will conduct a timely review into the value of charging licence fees for dogs and cats.

Heavily referencing Okotoks’ decision to eliminate the fees, McFaddan questioned whether pet licences are becoming obsolete.

A proposed urban hen program has once again laid an egg with Cochrane town council.

Council rejected a motion to establish a one-year urban hen pilot project involving a maximum of seven households. It also completely discarded the second option of conducting further public engagement. Council members pecked away at the proposal and were left with too many questions to proceed.

While the discussion extended beyond financial concerns, cost became central to the debate as it progressed.

A unique community choir in Cochrane is using the power of music to bring joy and healing.

The Good Vibes Memory Choir supports people living with memory loss, including dementia, as well as their caregivers, students, and volunteers.

“It’s just a really joy-filled time,” says artistic director and conductor Erica Phare-Bergh. “It’s my favorite time of the week.”

The team at Trailblazers Cochrane was fuelled up and ready to roll after receiving a surprise McCafé Coffee Break on Tuesday morning.

CochraneNow and Cochrane McDonald’s stopped by with all the bells and whistles, treating the team to McCafé coffee and cookies to kick off their day.

Trailblazers was nominated HERE, and this was attached to the nomination:

The Liberals have won their fourth mandate this time under the leadership of leader Mark Carney.

When Mark Carney formed government as Canada's 24th Prime Minister on March 14, 2025, he selected 34-year-old Kody Blois from the Kings-Hants riding in Nova Scotia as the Federal Minister for Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada and Rural Economic Development.

Blois is heading back to Parliament after winning his riding last night. Expectations are that Carney could keep him in that role, but that will be determined when he announces his new cabinet in the days ahead.