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The semi-annual Cochrane Food Drive is gearing up for the spring. Organizers are seeking volunteers for donating pick-ups and sorting on April 29.

Rocky View Schools (RVS) is waiting for the provincial budget to learn how the province’s proposed reduction in school fees will play out. The province tabled Bill 1: An Act to Reduce School fees on March 2.

The organizers of the first International Women’s Day forum in Cochrane are hailing it as a success after more than 230 women from around the region gathered to celebrate strength, solidarity and sisterhood.

Cochrane could have its own hospice care as part of the Bethany Care Centre expansion, depending on how plans and funding come together.

Burnswest, which plans to develop the old Burnco gravel site into a mixed-use development, is hitting resistance from a neighbouring community.

There will be crafts and four-leaf clovers this weekend at the Bearspaw St. Patrick’s Artisan Market.

Come and meet local food growers on March 25. Residents and guests are invited to tea with local producers to hear about farming, ranching, gardens, orchards, bees or greenhouses. The tea will take place on March 25 from 10 a.m. to noon at the St.

Youth council The Cochrane Youth Council, formerly the Mayor’s Youth Council, sent a delegation to Cochrane Town Council Monday night to update councillors on the group’s progress since the transition.

Cochrane High School remains in top spot for the National High School Blood Challenge after joining the competition for the first time six months ago.

After the second annual symposium last Saturday, organizers said they were uncertain if they would be hosting a third symposium next year.