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The Cochrane Public Library is hosting a special free event this Friday night to commemorate a landmark moment in Canadian history that paved the way for women’s rights.

“This Friday is the 95th anniversary of the Person's Case in Canada,” says Carmen Erison, the library’s Program and Engagement Manager. “It was where women were formally declared persons and were able to finally hold a seat in Senate.”

“We're going to be celebrating women entrepreneurs, and I am so excited that we have five really phenomenal speakers coming to the library.”

The national chief of the Assembly of First Nations is urging chiefs to vote in favour of a landmark child welfare deal with Ottawa, saying she doesn't think a better agreement would be possible under a different federal government.

Some chiefs are campaigning to vote down the $47.8-billion child welfare reform agreement at an assembly in Calgary this week.

The icing has been added to the cake for what's been a special year for the Cochrane Historical Archival Preservation Society (CHAPS).

The nonprofit volunteer organization celebrated its 25th anniversary, erected a commemorative wooden statue in front of their Cochrane Museum, opened the doors of the historic Westerson cabin to the public for the first time, launched a successful e-bike tour downtown, and were named parade marshal by the Cochrane and Areas Event Society (CAES) for the annual Labour Day Parade.

The Canadian Country Showcase, hosted by Courtney Fielder, airs every weekend on Saturdays at 12 PM and Sundays at 4 PM. Courtney engages in conversations with emerging country music artists and the established stars we’ve come to love, celebrating their milestones and new releases.

Episode 23 of the podcast, featuring Buck Twenty and Kendra Kay, aired on the weekend of October 12th and 13th, 2024.

The "old town hall land" has been endorsed by town council for a new Big Hill Lodge.

It's also asking the Cochrane Society for Housing Options to explore the feasibility of affordable housing co-existing on the same property.

Approximately 2.5 acres, the property is located off Hwy. 1A between 2nd Ave. and Centre Ave. and has been vacant for a number of years. In 2016, a deal had been struck to sell the land for $2.7 million but fell apart in September 2018.

Councillor Marni Fedeyko believes the town's CAO bylaw no longer reflects best practices and needs to be updated prior to the town's 2025 budget being finalized.

On Oct. 28, she'll be bringing forward a motion to have it updated by Nov. 30 to bring it in line with what she says other Alberta municipalities have in place.

"This update should also include a financial threshold for operational capital and legal expenditures of the CEO can approve without approaching council," Fedeyko said last night.

The Cochrane Cobras girls soccer team is in the hunt for a bronze medal in RVS divisional play.

Last night, the Cobras fell to the powerhouse Springbank Phoenix, 6-2, in semifinal action at Springbank's Field for All Seasons.

They face the Bert Church Chargers in the bronze medal game on Oct. 19 at Airdrie's Monklands Fields.

The George McDougall Mustangs beat the Bert Church Chargers 1-0 in other semifinal action to advance to the divisional championship game.

The Phoenix head into the gold medal game with a perfect 6-0 record.

Representatives of a British Columbia Sikh temple whose president was shot dead last year, as well as the Sikh independence group he was involved in, say their communities won't feel safe until India's consulates in Vancouver and Toronto are shut down.

That's after the Canadian government expelled six Indian diplomats, including the high commissioner, and the RCMP announced on Monday it had evidence of their alleged involvement in crimes including homicide and extortion targeting the so-called Khalistan independence movement.

Canada's emergency preparedness minister says the passengers of an Air India flight that landed in Iqaluit due to a bomb threat remain stuck there, and he has approved a request for the military to help them.

Harjit Sajjan posted on X late Tuesday that the airline "hasn't found a solution" after the plane landed in Nunavut's capital with 211 passengers on board earlier in the day and that they are "stranded."

Crystal Kissel was re-elected for a third term as reeve of Rocky View County (RVC) at the county council's annual organizational meeting on Oct. 15.

A secret ballot was required after Div. 1 councillor Kevin Hanson accepted a nomination for the position. Div. 5 councillor Greg Boehlke declined a nomination.

Division 2 Councillor Don Kochan, who previously served one year as reeve, was re-elected deputy reeve, a position for which Div. 4 councillor Samanntha Wright was also nominated.