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Environment and Climate Change Canada has issued a Snowfall Warning for Rocky View County near Cochrane, as a significant winter weather system moves into the Alberta foothills tonight.

The warning states that rain will transition to snow overnight as temperatures drop, with the snow expected to be heavy and wet during the initial stages.

Up to 10 centimetres of snow is anticipated by morning, with additional accumulations on Monday potentially pushing totals beyond 20 centimetres.

The federal Liberals and NDP both released their costed campaign platforms Saturday as Elections Canada reported record turnout in the first day of advanced polls.

Nearly two million people showed up to cast a ballot on Friday, the first of four days for advanced voting in the federal election.

Elections Canada said in a social media post it will be making adjustments over the coming days to handle the high traffic after many voters were met with long lineups at polling stations.

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre promised to strike down a key element of the Liberal government's environmental policy Friday as he and other party leaders got back on the campaign trail following the national leaders' debates in Montreal.

The campaigning Friday also coincided with the opening of the first of four days of advance polling across the country.

Both Poilievre and NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh stayed in Quebec to make announcements Friday morning, while Liberal Leader Mark Carney made his way to Niagara Falls, Ont.

Main Street overflowed with people and emotion on April 18 as some 500 came together for the annual Walk of the Cross—an enduring Good Friday tradition in Cochrane that united the community in faith, reflection, and remembrance.

Families, church groups and individuals of all ages came together to retrace the path of Christ’s crucifixion, carrying wooden crosses, singing hymns, and pausing for prayer and scripture readings from the Gospel of Luke at 12 stations along the way.

The final numbers are in, and they look great for the Dress Up Rumble staged by the CobraCats rugby teams of Bow Valley and Cochrane High.

On April 11, the boys’ and girls’ teams split into four squads to play 7s touch rugby—dressed to the nines. The teams rallied to surpass their fundraising goal of $900 to support two athletes with a few extra activities during the week.

A steady stream of Cochrane voters filed into polling stations on the first day of advance voting in the federal election.

Both the Lions Event Centre and Wills Community Hall (formerly Frank Wills Memorial Hall) saw lineups of eager voters.

Advance polling stations will be open today until 9 p.m., and from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Saturday, April 19; Sunday, April 20; and Monday, April 21.

One of the RCMP’s newest four-legged recruits now has a name, and it’s thanks to a young Albertan.

“Action” was one of 13 names chosen through the RCMP’s 2025 Name the Puppy contest, and the winning submission came from Alberta’s own Chance Jerome.

The contest invited kids aged four to 14 from across Canada to help name the first puppies born this year at the RCMP’s Police Dog Service Training Centre (PDSTC) in Innisfail.

An open invitation is extended to Cochrane-area residents for the annual Walk of the Cross on Good Friday, April 18, through Cochrane’s historic downtown.

Believed to be a 38-year tradition, church congregations in the Cochrane area come together to reflect on the journey of Jesus Christ from the time he entered Jerusalem to his crucifixion.

The Supreme Court of Canada says a person must wait seven years after completely finishing their post-secondary studies before they can be released from student loan debt under the federal bankruptcy law.

The top court's decision came Thursday in the case of Izabela Piekut, who received government student loans in the course of three university programs from 1987 to 2003.

Piekut later returned to school and earned a master's degree in 2009 without the help of additional student loans.

Liberal Leader Mark Carney spent his first English election debate presenting himself as a safe pair of hands for a country in crisis — while Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre sought to frame him as more of the same after a decade of Liberal government.

Carney, who is leading in the polls, became the main target of all his rivals' attacks early in Thursday's final debate of the election — a trend that carried over from Wednesday's French language debate.