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Food drive donation bags with today's Cochrane Eagle.

With the writ officially dropped for the federal election, incumbent Blake Richards, the Conservative Party of Canada candidate, is kicking off his official campaign on Saturday with an open house. The event, from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. at 116 Centre Ave.

Cochrane has a number of star hockey players gearing up for the upcoming season.

A charge against the Texas man in relation to the bear accessing the food he left on the ground outside his tent was discharged by Judge Margaret Keelashan, who called it an "exceptional" circumstance

MLA Peter Guthrie says he is pushing hard for project approval

The town is offering the service for free until January.

Is there a gas war in town?

The Alberta Government's reversal of the previous NDP government's bus fee legislation comes too late for Rocky View Schools to make any changes as it set its budget in April.

Ski hill officials say the plan allows for growth and improved experiences to accommodate up to 9,000 skiers and riders a day, but also includes environmental gains like moving summer use away from grizzly bear habitat and removing about 660 hectares from the leasehold to improve wildlife connectivity

Steppin out for Parkinson's.