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Being selected to play in one national championship this summer would be thrilling for most ball players.

So, you could imagine the joy experienced by talented Cochrane ball player Maeve Maguire when she travelled to Quebec City to compete in one national championship, then less than 24 hours later headed to Saskatoon to begin practicing with Team Alberta for another.

Add to that picture another major Western Canada championship in early August.

Enrolment in the Rocky View School Division (RVS) schools is expected to grow over 2.6 per cent by the end of September.

As of Sept. 4, RVS enrolment was 29,307 students, an increase of 700 students from September 2023. It is expected to grow by another 50 students for a total of 29,350 students by Sept. 30.

The board of trustees were told enrolment numbers fluctuate almost daily. Enrolment numbers aren't scheduled to be submitted to Alberta Education until Sept. 30, a key date in determining funding for the 2024/25 school year.

A Saskatoon high school student remembers the pungent smell of burned hair going up her nose, and something like the strong scent from a Sharpie marker, moments after she watched a schoolmate being set on fire.

She had just stepped out of her Grade 9 social studies class for lunch on Thursday, she says, when she saw two other girls in a hallway. A girl in a crop top poured liquid from a black canister onto the head of the girl standing next to her.

Additional photos of Elijah Blake Strawberry and his most prominent tattoos have been released by the Alberta RCMP to assist in the manhunt for the murder suspect.

The RCMP have also extended the timeframe of its $10,000 reward for information leading to his arrest.

It has been a month since the search for Strawberry began. He is a suspect in the Aug. 6 shooting death of Colin John Hough, 45, of Airdrie. On Aug. 13, 35-year-old Arthur Wayne Penner was charged with first-degree murder and attempted murder of a Fortis employee. 

When a father and son were arrested this summer in Ontario over an alleged terrorist plot, U.S. authorities say the news spooked a 20-year-old Pakistani national and Canadian resident named Muhammad Shahzeb Khan.

They say Khan used encrypted messaging to warn that because of the arrests "here in Toronto," there was a need to "lay low" on his own alleged plans: killing as many Jewish people as possible in New York around the Oct. 7 anniversary of Hamas' attack on Israel.

Tributes poured in Friday for Grand Chief Cathy Merrick of the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs, who died after collapsing outside the Winnipeg Law Courts building. 

Merrick, the first woman elected to the role, was talking to reporters about two court cases when she said she felt dizzy and fell to the ground. 

Fire and paramedic crews arrived, performed chest compressions and carried Merrick away on a stretcher to an ambulance, which sped off with its siren on.

The spotlight will be on music, dance, food and cool rides in what is forecasted to be perfect weather in Cochrane this weekend.

It all kicks off at the Cochrane Farmers' Market on Saturday morning (Sept. 7) with the first performances of Culture Days.

CHECK OUT: 2023 Cochrane Culture Days was a blast

American country musician Tyler Braden made a special stop in the 91.5FM CochraneNow studio to showcase his viral hit 'Devil You Know'.

This weekend on the Canadian Country Showcase, Multi-CCMA nominee Steven Lee Olsen joins us to discuss his nominations and new EP. Plus, Nate Haller returns with his latest single, "Race to the Bottom." We'll play the track and chat about the exciting racetrack video. Also, we’ll revisit 2019 with a number-one hit from Dallas Smith!

Tune in to The Canadian Country Showcase on Saturdays at 12 PM and Sundays at 4 PM.

There's plenty of rugby, high school football and junior hockey action this weekend.

Tonight, the Cannex Cochrane Generals play their first pre-season game on the road against the Airdrie Techmation Thunder at Airdrie's Ron Ebbeson Arena.

Tomorrow, they're back at Totem One in the SLS Centre at 7:15 p.m. for the second in the home-and-home series.

It's the only glimpse we'll get of their 2024-25 edition until their home opener on Oct. 11.