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Ivan Brooker topped the polls in the race for Cochrane mayor Oct. 21, winning 1,856 votes in the municipal election. And already the new mayor-elect is ready to get down to business.

Students at Rocky View Schools (RVS) are the target audience for Canadian-based international humanitarian organization Right to Play this month. The organization is in the middle of its National Inspirational Speakers Series.

For some Cochranites, the 2013 municipal election was nothing short of a fiasco.

While maintenance crews will be attempting to keep roadways clear of snow and ice, Cochrane drivers still need to do their part to keep roads safe in the winter.

On Oct. 24, students at Springbank’s Edge School for Athletes will have the opportunity to learn about greatness from the Great One himself.

Cochrane RCMP is asking for public assistance regarding the car crash that claimed the life of a 23-year-old Calgary man. Dylan Perry was killed Sept. 14 when he lost control of the car he was driving.

With a goal of 80 per cent waste diversion by 2020 in sight, the Town of Cochrane wrapped up its final two public engagement sessions last week on the issues of organic waste composting (a possible green bin program) and multi-family recycling (not y

The Springbank Community Planning Association (SCPA) was hit with a $100,000 bill after the first of two judicial reviews was not ruled in the group’s favour by Court of Queen’s Bench presiding judge Justice Ron Stevens.

A Cochrane author is celebrating after her book was awarded silver in the 2013 Literary Classics Book Awards.

Drained batteries. Bald tires. Neglected electrical. This is exactly what Steve Priddey, owner/operator of Cochrane’s Can-Brit Auto Sales & Service, does not want to see happen to drivers this winter season.