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Since their 2011 beginnings, Cochrane’s Chicago blues four-piece the Smoking Aces have grown their weekly rehearsals to some 40 gigs and a handful of festivals per annum.

Two Cochrane schools from the Rocky View School (RVS) division will be receiving five new modular (portable) classrooms this fall.

It may fall on a Tuesday night, but that doesn’t mean that Cochrane partygoers will be without a bash this New Year’s Eve. Before you put on your dancing shoes, check out this round up of celebratory parties happening at local watering holes.

A fire at Cochrane High School (CHS) forced students to be evacuated to Manachaban Middle School and the Cochrane Arena Dec. 19.

Typically this time of year, Jamie McDonald would be among family, sitting down to enjoy a traditional English roast dinner.

Beginning Jan. 13, Wild Rose MP Blake Richards will hold a series of pre-budget consultation meetings across his constituency to seek public input for the federal government’s 2014 budget.

It’s a low-key holiday season for Givyup – the fundraising initiative that seeks to assist charities through social networking.

Two instances of impaired driving were reported during a Dec. 20 checkstop that pulled over more than 1,000 vehicles.

Environment Canada has released its top 10 weather stories for 2013. Topping the list: Alberta’s flood. Dubbed the “Flood of floods,” Environment Canada said the overflow was likely the “most disruptive flood in Canadian history.

Cochrane’s NAPA Auto Parts has set up a trust fund for the family grieving the loss of their toddler in a Calgary car crash that occurred last week. Chris Bertrand, whose family was involved in a collision Dec.