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A Group of 20 students and four Bow Valley High School advisers took a trip of a lifetime to serve in San Diego, California.

A “perfect kick off to spring” is how the organizers for the second annual Spring Show and Shine described the event. “This is a chance for everyone to dust off their toys and come out together for a good cause,” said Harvey Crich, organizer.

The quiet hamlet of Bragg Creek saw some action last Saturday with members from fire service departments in the region taking part in an emergency fire training exercise.

As campers air out their tents and take out their outback tins in preparation for the May Long weekend, residents of the Ghost-Waiparous valley continue to have shaky confidence that the vulnerable landscape will come out unscathed.

On the heels of learning that the Fireside K-8 school will not open on time, Friends of Fireside is looking at the two-month delay as an opportunity to come out of the gate with more fundraised dollars for the school’s future playground.

The Cochrane Legion has increased the budget for its community cenotaph project to $170,000 in an effort to make the site more of a community landmark.

The $4.2-million renovation and partial rebuild of the Alliance Church is aiming for a completion date at the end of August and a tentative Labour Day weekend opening. The facility will offer a number of spaces for community rental and use.

The Cochrane Lions Club announced last week that it will take over the former Cochrane Curling Club centre as of May 1.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. It’s a motto that Cochrane Fire Services takes to heart, evident in their 100-plus public engagement events throughout the year. One of the biggest take-home pieces that Lt.

It’s been said that to plant a garden is to believe in tomorrow – and a group of gardeners is hoping to sow the seeds of a sustainable future in Cochrane with more community growing sites around town.