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CochraneNow 2024 Best Cochrane Neighbourhood Party Friday, September 27

Friday is the night for Cochrane’s Best Neighbourhood Showdown wrap-up party!

Our winning community, Sunset is the star from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Sunset Pond.

Exciting news, Josh Gove just snagged a new $76,000 RAM with RAM Everyday Adventure!

Golden West Broadcasting and Your Alberta RAM Dealers recently gave him the exciting news, leaving him almost speechless. 

“I’m shaking. It’s going to take a while to sink in,” he exclaimed.

This stunning RAM 1500 Classic, sporting a bold flame red finish, is packed with impressive features, including a powerful 5.7-litre V8 Hemi engine with 395 horsepower, an 8-speed automatic transmission, air conditioning, heated seats, and even a Wi-Fi hotspot. 

The third Fruit Tree Roundup collection is being held this Saturday afternoon (Sept. 28) from 12 noon to 3 p.m. at the town lagoon, 141 Bow Bend Way, by the SLS Centre.

It's a two-fold community-driven initiative that aims to mitigate human-wildlife conflicts in the community, particularly bears, while utilizing the harvest in two ways. 

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It's a dinosaur that roamed Alberta's badlands more than 70 million years ago, sporting a big, bumpy, bony head the size of a baby elephant.

On Wednesday, paleontologists near Grande Prairie pulled its 272-kilogram skull from the ground. 

They call it "Big Sam."

The adult Pachyrhinosaurus is the second plant-eating dinosaur to be unearthed from a dense bonebed belonging to a herd that died together on the edge of a valley that now sits 450 kilometres northwest of Edmonton.

It didn't die alone.

Canada's foreign ministry expressed alarm about its shrinking ability to counter foreign disinformation online due to limited access to data and the evolving tactics of adversaries, a newly released memo shows. 

The memo, tabled Wednesday at a federal inquiry into foreign interference, noted Canada had led the G7 Rapid Response Mechanism to identify and respond to threats to democracy through open-source data analytics. 

Since its doors were open in 2009, Kids Cancer Care's Camp Kindle has been magically reconnecting children with cancer to their childhoods.

Kids Cancer Care CEO Tracey Martin adds context.

Picture a child aged 5 who has just been diagnosed with a cancer that requires a 3 1/2-year treatment protocol. 

Practically every day, Cochrane has new residents arriving from around the corner and across the globe.

There's always questions when you arrive in a new community, but fear not, the Cochrane Immigrant Services Committee has your back.

On Saturday, Oct. 5, it's holding its semi-annual Welcome Event at the Cochrane Public Library from 2 to 4 p.m.

A wealth of information will be available from local government agencies and organizations to help you adapt to your new home.

Mayor Jeff Genung is relieved and "super thrilled" over the decision to set aside the Glenbow East reservoir option for flood/drought mitigation on the Bow River.

Rebecca Schulz, minister of Environment and Protected Areas, announced today (Sept. 25) the relocation of the Ghost dam would be pursued instead of a reservoir east of Cochrane that could have had a detrimental impact upon six Bow River parks and backwash water into existing and future development in Cochrane.

Canfax data for the week ending September 20th highlights the activity in the Prairie Auction Marts.

In Manitoba, the average feeder steer prices ranged from $278.69 per hundred weight for the 901+ category to $467 per hundred weight for the 400 to 500 pound animals.

Feeder heifers prices averaged $276.83 per hundred weight for the 901+ weights to $386 per hundred weight for the 401 to 500 pound heifers.

D1, D2 cows averaged $170.93 per hundred weight, with D3's $159.75 per hundred weight, and Bulls $216.53 per hundred weight.