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And for your next class ... Jenga? In the midst of exam and graduation season, teenagers are most likely to be ready for a mental health breakdown, which is exactly why Cochrane High School students spent last Thursday doing yoga and petting puppies.

Haley Kaminski was hospitalized five times in high school.

Just in time to showcase Cochrane’s history for Canada’s 150th birthday this summer, the Cochrane Historical & Archival Preservation Society (CHAPS) was gifted with a 101-year-old Alberta flag last Thursday.

Trading in science fairs, Banded Peak School asked students to showcase how they are making a change in their community instead.

Southland Transportation honoured Cochrane and area school bus drivers May 1 at the Griffin Road yard. Hot grub was served up on a sunny Monday lunch hour in celebration of the fourth annual School Bus Driver Appreciation Day to some 50 drivers.

While the Cochrane Cares needs assessment has wrapped up, there are still ways to provide input.

A Group of 20 students and four Bow Valley High School advisers took a trip of a lifetime to serve in San Diego, California.

A “perfect kick off to spring” is how the organizers for the second annual Spring Show and Shine described the event. “This is a chance for everyone to dust off their toys and come out together for a good cause,” said Harvey Crich, organizer.

The quiet hamlet of Bragg Creek saw some action last Saturday with members from fire service departments in the region taking part in an emergency fire training exercise.

As campers air out their tents and take out their outback tins in preparation for the May Long weekend, residents of the Ghost-Waiparous valley continue to have shaky confidence that the vulnerable landscape will come out unscathed.