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Alberta Labour Minister Christina Gray spent the day touring Cochrane Wednesday to see how the NDP’s revival of the Summer Temporary Employment Program (STEP) was working in the community.

Pool Opening Administration is hopeful that the Jayman Built Aquatic Centre and adjacent outdoor spray park will be open to the public the week of July 24. Suzanne Gaida, deputy CAO, presented an update on the project to town council on Monday night.

The body found yesterday on Highway 22 has been identified as Hanock Afowerk, 26, the fourth victim in a quadruple murder. Aforwerk’s body was found on July 12 at approximately 8 a.m. north of the Highway 8 traffic circle.

RCMP Major Crimes Unit and forensics investigators are currently on scene after a body was discovered in the ditch of Highway 22, north of the Highway 8 traffic circle this morning.

Mountain bikers are being warned to use caution when riding near Bragg Creek after a barbed wire was strung between trees leaving a rider with minor injuries on Wednesday evening.

A Stoney man charged with kidnapping in January has landed himself in jail after breaching his probation Lyle Bearspaw, 23, was charged with assault and kidnapping with a firearm after an 18-year-old male was abducted from Stoney Nakoda First Nation.

While most Cochranites spent the last leg of the long weekend unpacking campers or grilling on the deck, conservatives of all stripes packed the Cochrane Legion to hear talk on unity Monday night .

A University of Calgary student is looking for help with bumblebee conservation efforts by asking people in the region to track the insects. “We all know bees are declining,” said Jennifer Retzlaff, a bee researcher with Wildlife Preservation Canada.

Bearspaw's Nipper Guest says he worked hard for the money he has been generously donating for the past 25 years.

An altercation with a grizzly bear that sent a male in his 50s to hospital with serious soft-tissue injuries on the weekend is a reminder to exercise caution this season until the predators retreat into winter hibernation.