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Forget finger-painting – these Grade 4 students created artistic canvas paintings based on social issues, while raising money for Ducks Unlimited Canada.

Elizabeth Barrett Elementary School students were delivered an important message March 20 through an amputation awareness speech presented by Nadine Richards and current student Jerlena Rittwage.

The students at Holy Spirit Catholic Elementary are that much closer to getting their new community playground.

The Cochrane to Calgary Trail (C to C Trail) could soon be a reality, as 30 per cent of funding goals have been raised within 30 days of the campaign’s launch. Since the Glenbow Ranch Park Foundation (GRPF) launched its funding campaign Feb.

Most Rocky View County (RVC) elementary schools rank above provincial academic averages, according to the 2015 Fraser Institute Report Card on Alberta’s Elementary Schools, including several Cochrane schools.

Alberta Education announced March 16 that diploma exam weighting would be reduced from 50 per cent to 30 per cent – resulting in classroom assessment accounting for 70 per cent of a student’s yearly assessment.

The lanes will be open this weekend, as the Big Brothers Big Sisters (BBBS) of Calgary and Area host their event Bowl for Kids Sake taking over Cochrane Lanes March 29.

Some 109 of the 155 invited Alberta communities took part in the second phase of the Rural Health Services Review, announced by Premier Prentice and Health Minister Stephen Mandel last fall.

If retirement is on your horizon, then Cochrane should be high on your list of potential spots to live out your golden years. The town was listed in CottageLife.

Cochrane RCMP are still investigating a collision that took place between a vehicle and a person on the nearby Stoney Nation. Officers responded to a complaint around 8 p.m.