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The Cochrane Cobras football team is fired up to host the RVS championship game after completely dominating the Bert Church Chargers in a 41-0 win under the Friday Night Lights, Oct. 18.

The Cobras took a commanding 34-0 lead into the second half and added a final touchdown with a four-play drive from deep in their end.

The executive team from the Assembly of First Nations will meet in the coming days to discuss how to proceed with new negotiations for a child welfare reform deal after chiefs voted against the government's proposed $47.8 billion agreement at a meeting in Calgary Thursday.

AFN National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak, who had helped negotiate the deal and pushed for it to be approved, was blunt in her assessment of the outcome in her closing remarks to the special chiefs assembly Friday.

Here's a look at some of this week's top news photos as selected by editors.

B.C. NDP Leader David Eby is seen through a bus windshield as he arrives for a campaign stop in Nanaimo, B.C., Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Canada announced the details of a $64.8 million military aid package to Ukraine Friday as National Defence Minister Bill Blair attended a NATO defence ministers meeting in Brussels.

Ukraine's ongoing war with Russia was a key topic at the meeting, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy addressed the ministers during the meeting.

NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte, chairing his first NATO defence ministers' meeting since taking the role earlier in October, said the alliance's members are on track to deliver almost $60 billion in security assistance to Ukraine.

Stefan Daniel will rest a little easier in the off-season after winning his sixth para triathlon world championship.

Daniel, 27, wasn't about to miss this opportunity for a little redemption from the bike crash that saw him miss the podium at the Paris Paralympics six weeks ago. On Oct. 18, he won the men's standing classification with a time of 59:26 at worlds in Torremolinos, Spain. 

“Today I just felt a sense of relief when I crossed the finish line," he told Triathlon Canada.  "This will make the off-season so much sweeter,” added Daniel. “It was redemption.”

On the cusp of the 20th anniversary of Cochrane's Ippon Karate Dojo, their athletes have been leaving an impressive mark on the international stage.

Amazingly three sets of their athletes were competing in three different countries on Oct. 14.

"I don't even know if there's another sport in Cochrane that could claim that, let alone a martial arts club," says Adam Wackershauser, Ippon Karate Dojo owner/operator and head coach.  "We've just had such a good showing the last six months."

This weekend, we're diving into new music with special guests! Eric Ethridge joins us to talk about his latest single and album title track, "Family First." Meghan Patrick will share insights on her newly released album Golden Child, and we’ll play "Whether You Love Me or Not" the first track she released a few months back from this new project. Plus, we’re throwing it back to this week in 2020 with a #1 from Hardy and some exciting news he shared this week.

Two local birders, Fisher Stephenson and Michelle Day, were stunned to spot one of North America's rarest birds at Cochrane Lake. 

The couple was exploring the area Thursday afternoon when they saw something unusual among a flock of Canadian geese.

When Cochranites go to the polls in October 2025, they'll be electing two school trustees for the Rocky View School Division (RVS).

Yesterday, the Rocky View Schools (RVS) board of trustees voted 5-3 in favour of an option that doubles Cochrane's representation (Ward 6) while maintaining an eight-member board.

The decision to include a second representative for Cochrane was in response to its rapidly growing population.

Airdrie (Ward 3) will have three trustees and Chestermere (Ward One) will have one.

CPKC had another strong week of grain delivery during Week 10 of the 2024-25 crop year, moving nearly 623,500 tonnes of Canadian grain and grain products October 6th through 12th.