Cochrane

St. Andrew’s United Church is marking a major milestone today as it celebrates the 10th anniversary of its beloved Free Community Lunch program. The event, which runs from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m., will feature a special lunch, a short program, and the warm sense of community that has kept the tradition going strong for a decade.

Prime Minister Mark Carney promised to unite the country and govern for all after Canadians handed the Liberals a fourth consecutive mandate in Monday's federal election.

"Who is ready," he shouted to cheers and applause and people chanting his name in a crowded hockey arena in Ottawa in the wee hours of the morning. "Who is ready? Who is ready to stand up for Canada with me? And who is ready to build Canada strong?"

Prime Minister Mark Carney will lead a minority government after a very close general election race that left the Liberals just three seats shy of a majority. 

Just before 4 p.m. ET on Tuesday, Elections Canada showed the Liberals projected to win 169 ridings after flipping one riding in Quebec from the Bloc Québécois earlier in the day. 

The Conservatives won 144 seats and will form the official Opposition again. The Bloc Québécois followed with 22 seats, the NDP with seven projected seats and the Green Party with one seat.

Conservative MP Blake Richards says Canadians have made it clear they want change, and he urged supporters at his post-election celebration to stay ready to continue the battle.

“Our increase in seats and popular vote shows that there’ll be another opportunity to finish the job we’ve started and to move forward with creating that change,” said Richards.

“I told people, don’t give up. This battle isn’t over. We know we’re the hope this country needs for the future, and we’re going to keep fighting to finish the job and deliver the change Canadians are asking for.”

Jagmeet Singh says he will step down as the leader of the NDP as soon as a new interim leader is chosen.

Singh conceded defeat in his British Columbia riding of Burnaby Central and the party is at risk of losing official party status.

With the NDP at risk of losing official party status — and after losing his own riding — Singh said he'd be stepping down as leader once the party selects an interim replacement.

"We may lose sometimes and those losses hurt," Singh said, fighting emotion as he stood beside his wife on a stage in Burnaby, B.C.

Conservative Blake Richards is projected to win a landslide victory in the Airdrie-Cochrane constituency.

With 71 per cent of polls reporting, Richards held a commanding 16,000-vote lead, capturing over 72 per cent of the vote. Liberal candidate Sean Secord was running second with 22.5 per cent, New Democrat Sarah Zagoda was a distant third with 3.8 per cent, and Libertarian David Sabine and Christian Bell each had less than one per cent of the vote.

The Canadian Press decision desk is projecting a Liberal government following a short, intense and heated federal election campaign.

As of 10:22 p.m. EDT, the Liberals had received 50 per cent of the popular vote while the Tories held 39 per cent.

Preliminary results for 43 ridings show the Liberals taking 28 seats and the Conservatives holding 21, with the Bloc Québécois holding four seats.

The last polls in British Columbia and Yukon closed at 10 p.m. EDT, following the Prairies and the other territories half an hour earlier.

More than 900,000 students across Canada chose a Conservative minority government in a mock federal election held alongside the 2025 campaign.

For Airdrie-Cochrane, they elected Conservative Blake Richards with 58.48 per cent of the vote, higher than the national average for Conservatives.

Liberal Sean Secord was a distant second with 16.94 per cent, NDP candidate Sarah Zagoda captured 14.74 per cent of the vote, Libertarian David Sebine secured 5.17 per cent of the vote, and CHP candidate Christopher Bell got 4.66 per cent of the vote.

A couple that has drawn international attention to Cochrane for over five decades has become the 15th recipient of the Order of Cochrane.

On Monday night, Don and Shirley Begg of Studio West Bronze Foundry were recognized by Cochrane town council with the highest honour bestowed by the town.

The Western Dairy Expo wrapped up Saturday in Saskatoon. 

This year's event featured 200 Holstein and about 60 Jersey cows and heifers and was judged by Paul Trapp a product acquisition specialist with Semex USA out of Wisconsin, and his associate judge Jon Larson.

Some of the highlights from the Holstein Show: