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Cochranites can still get their flu shot after the recent outbreak in Alberta. “Getting the shot is about your loved ones and the people around you,” said Shiv Nijjar, the clinical pharmacist at Grand Avenue Pharmacy.

The last thing you want to do is get into a fight with a grizzly bear. While Hugh Glass, played by Leonardo DiCaprio in the Academy Award-nominated film The Revenant, lived to tell the tale, chances are you won’t.

Once again, the Kimmett Cup was a huge success! The eighth annual memorial pond hockey tournament brought 52 teams to the ice and a smile to everyone’s face.

A male in his late-teens was transported to hospital by STARS Air Ambulance from Mt. Allan/Nakiska Ski Resort on the afternoon of Jan. 15.

When you drive south on Highway 22 through Cochrane, you will see a sign at the last set of lights “James Walker Trail.

Council had a special guest in attendance for the Jan. 11 Cochrane council meeting, Madisson from Manachaban Middle School, who missed the December mock council meeting.

With keeping that 2016 will inevitably be a year of economic downturn in mind, the Eagle recently sat down with Town of Cochrane’s senior manger of development services, Drew Hyndman, and manager of planning and engineering, Jared Kassel, to give you

The Eagle sat down with Cochrane Mayor Ivan Brooker as he reflected on the past year and discussed what he is excited to see in 2016.

Cochrane-area ranchers and farmers are keeping a wary eye on Edmonton following the passing of Bill 6 into provincial law. The contentious farm-labour law aimed at providing labour-law support for “hired hands” is still a work in progress.

With the New Year comes exciting developments for the Cochrane Health and Fitness Club. Operating at 118 1st Ave in Cochrane, the club is now a family business.