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Todd Hirsch, chief economist of ATB Financial, will be in town to speak about the current economic situation in Alberta.

After 22 years of service to the Town of Cochrane, chief administrative officer (CAO) Julian deCocq has announced he will be hanging up his hat this June after nearly fourty years in public administration.

Fighting cancer is an uphill battle – and a group of Cochrane firefighters is hoping to help ease the struggle even a little bit by carrying some of the weight themselves.

Cochrane Fire Services wants people to get serious about carbon monoxide detection. “We were quite alarmed that 90 per cent of people in apartment complexes didn't have carbon monoxide detectors, ” said Lt.

Members from the Rotary Clubs of Cochrane, Airdrie, and Brooks spent part of March assisting Shelter Canada build homes for 10 families living in abject poverty.

Taylor French says she is ready to “have a life” now that her stepfather, Allan Dean Griffin was found guilty of sexually assaulting her when she was a child.

With winter at a close, the Helping Hands Snow Helper program has hung up its shovels after another successful season.

Fourth Street got a cultural kick-start to spring on Friday, as part of the town’s Historic Downtown Enhancement Project.

Town administration and council remain adamant a community in excess of 14,000 on the town’s eastern borders means bad news for Cochrane.

Junk wood left to rot is given another chance at Cochrane’s latest woodworking and graphic design business, Clarke Studio. “The whole premise is that we don’t have to waste,” said Joshua Clarke, 30, creator of the one-man workshop.