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Tax penalty cancellation denied Resident Bev Noel was visibly upset following her emotional presentation to council seeking relief for property tax penalties of $134.65, resulting from a late payment in July.

A 17-year-old is dead after a serious vehicle collision near Springbank on Oct. 18. Around 10:45 p.m., the Cochrane RCMP were called to Horizon View Road where one male, the driver of the vehicle, was found deceased at the scene.

With a price tag of $53.5 million, the Bow River bridge and James Walker Trail twinning project is moving forward on budget and on time with a slated opening in the fall of 2020.

Council has directed administration to form a working group, where Mayor Jeff Genung and manager of waste/recycling Fabrizio Bertolo are challenging naysayers to have a change of heart on biweekly garbage pickup.

The Alberta government announced an addition $4.5 million added to the province’s Victims of Crime fund, and while several Alberta police-based victim services will be benefiting from it, Cochrane isn’t one of them.

Three thousand hectares of land won't be converted into commercialized space on the Stoney Nakoda First Nation reserve lands – at least for now.

A Fire Advisory has been issued for the town of Cochrane due to the dry weather anticipated. This advisory presents a moderate risk.

Cochranites could see cannabis retailers open their doors in time for the Christmas season.

As the Cochrane Legion Branch 15 readies to launch the annual Poppy Campaign, first vice-president Dave Usherwood said the goal this year is $50,000.

One little boy’s tumultuous journey into the world has inspired his family to fundraise in the name of the Calgary NICU (neonatal intensive care unit), in an effort to give back to the care that has made a difference in their own lives, as well as th