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Fighting cancer is an uphill battle – and a group of Cochrane firefighters is hoping to help ease the struggle even a little bit by carrying some of the weight themselves.

Cochrane Fire Services wants people to get serious about carbon monoxide detection. “We were quite alarmed that 90 per cent of people in apartment complexes didn't have carbon monoxide detectors, ” said Lt.

Members from the Rotary Clubs of Cochrane, Airdrie, and Brooks spent part of March assisting Shelter Canada build homes for 10 families living in abject poverty.

Taylor French says she is ready to “have a life” now that her stepfather, Allan Dean Griffin was found guilty of sexually assaulting her when she was a child.

With winter at a close, the Helping Hands Snow Helper program has hung up its shovels after another successful season.

Fourth Street got a cultural kick-start to spring on Friday, as part of the town’s Historic Downtown Enhancement Project.

Town administration and council remain adamant a community in excess of 14,000 on the town’s eastern borders means bad news for Cochrane.

Junk wood left to rot is given another chance at Cochrane’s latest woodworking and graphic design business, Clarke Studio. “The whole premise is that we don’t have to waste,” said Joshua Clarke, 30, creator of the one-man workshop.

How young is too young to talk to your kids about porn? One Cochrane church is leading the initiative to raise awareness about the negative affects of pornography and encourage parents to start honest conversations with their children.

The Cochrane Foundation is looking for community support to grow its endowment fund by $500,000 to $2.5 million in an effort to give more back to the community.