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Camp fYrefly extended its intake province-wide this year offering youth from the LGBTQ2S+ community everything from swimming and archery, to sexual education and mental health support.

The man who was at the property where the detained black Chrysler Sebring sedan was parked and who was detained by the Cochrane RCMP in connection to the shooting of a 60-year-old German tourist yesterday on Highway 1A, has now been released.

The 60-year-old German man is now recovering from surgery after being shot in the head during an apparent road rage incident west of Cochrane yesterday.

Nakoda youth interning with Chiniki and Wesley human resource development based in Morley are learning to harness their ancestral entrepreneurship skills in modern business.

The baddest bulls and bravest blokes are back this month for the 18th annual Cochrane Classic Bullriding on Aug. 18. For the second year, the event will pair up with the Cochrane Fair - taking place at the Ag Society grounds Aug. 17-19.

Last week, on a sunny Friday afternoon, dozens of community members lined up for a sausage lunch while traditional dancers, drummers and a DJ performed outside of the Stoney Health Centre in Morley.

Engaged citizens looking to come together have found strength in numbers is best done through the volunteer collaborative efforts of a community association.

I have been working hard, with my publisher at Rocky Mountain Books, on the manuscript of my next book The Secret Marathon – Empowering Women and Girls in Afghanistan through Sport , and things are, at last, coming together.

Off-duty Cochrane firefighters are looking to the generosity of the community to remember and feed those less fortunate in between holiday seasons.

Our residents come in all shapes and sizes. They are small and large, friendly and shy, young and old and all are deserving of a home and family that loves them and keeps them safe. The road to adoption can be short or long.