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Jo-Anne Oucharek has never worked a day in her life. That is, if the well-worn quote – attributed to authors from Confucius to Mark Twain: ‘Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life,’ is true.

An Alberta RCMP traffic officer was conducting routine traffic enforcement in Rocky View County last month when they spotted a white sports car coming toward them at "an extremely high speed" on Highway 1 near Hermitage Road.

Cochrane FCSS and United Way partnered up for a new campaign in hopes Cochranites would "Give a Little Love" back to the community at an event that hosted support groups in Cochrane last Friday.

Cochranites and visitors from surrounding communities were invited to get a head-start on holiday shopping at the Cochrane MADE OctoberFest Makers Market at the Cochrane Lions Club Event Centre held on Oct. 15.

“They are really the backbone of Cochrane and it’s owners like Pratik and Anjani who take initiatives like this to give back, that they really give Cochrane that special quality that we all love so much,” executive director for the Helping Hands Society of Cochrane said.

Banff-Airdrie Member of Parliament Blake Richards has been appointed Shadow Minister of Veterans’ Affairs by newly minted federal Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre.

Residents of a sleepy Cochrane neighbourhood have frequently been awakened to the sound of a black bear rummaging in their green recycling bins for three weeks, after Fish and Wildlife officers tried trapping it without success.

The market will be held at the Cochrane Lions Event Centre and will have free admission.

It's pedal to the medal for the rest of the fall for Springbank Community High School's senior girls' volleyball team.