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Rocky View Schools (RVS) is hoping the government will approve a request for 17 new portables and two relocated portables to help address projected utilization rates of more than 100 per cent for the 2015/16 school year. At the Oct.

Winnipeg band The Bros. Landreth has had some pretty important moments over the last few years. There was the “ah-ha” moment in 2012 when musicians and brothers Joey and David Landreth decided to start a band together.

Manachaban Middle School students will be hitting the streets of Cochrane for their annual Walk-A-Thon Friday, Oct. 24. “We’re so thankful that the community is so giving,” said Frederick Taylor, one of the organizers of the event.

The provincial government announced last week that Rocky View Schools (RVS) would receive two new schools in the district, with doors opening for the 2017-18 school year.

As Cochrane continues to grow as a town, so do the number of small businesses that are popping up.

In the coming month, when someone asks you to go for a float in Cochrane, chances are they won’t be talking about down the Bow.

One of the most talked about films of the year is the pick for the monthly Chinook Film Group, which will be screened at 7 p.m., Oct. 22 at the Cochrane Movie House.

Mariska Span-Smeelan and Nick Chodyka were sworn in as the two newest members of the Redwood Meadows town council Oct. 7, winning the recent byelection by acclimation.

With the Town of Chestermere recently approving a motion for the municipality to take on ‘city’ status, some may be wondering if Cochrane should do the same.

There is a literary craze taking over North America known as ‘Little Free Library’ (LFL) where people build small boxes that they put on their front lawn that act as a small community library.