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Dogs rescued from a Saskatchewan farm seizure earlier this year will soon be available for adoption at the Cochrane & Area Humane Society (CAHS).

The Cochrane Christian Academy took to the great outdoors recently to bond, learn and grow in their faith. The students attended Alberta Pioneer Camp, which is located outside of Sundre, Alta., and is operated by Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship.

Though the Cremona 4-H Club is getting close to winding down its season, it’s definitely not losing interest from local youth.

Students from Cochrane High School and Bow Valley High School are celebrating a year’s worth of work today that culminated in the completion of two homes in the Willows of River Heights.

Water Valley filmmaker Eppo Eerkes premiered not one, but two of his works on May 10 as a fundraiser for the Calgary Humane Society, the Calgary SPCA, and for victims of the wildfire happening in Fort McMurray.

The public is invited to Marathon Man – An Evening with Cochrane’s Very Own Martin Parnell on June 3.

Big changes are happening at the Nan Boothby Memorial Library to be unveiled at the end of the month.

Cochrane RCMP are investigating a break and enter spree A Storage Company Inc. last week. Thieves broke into 18 RV trailers at A Storage Company Inc., located off of the Trans-Canada Highway beside Calaway Park.

The Town of Cochrane's Children's Festival will be presenting Dr. Von Houligan's Carnival of Calamites on May 28. Hosted at the Historic Cochrane Ranche Site, the circus features entertainers, acrobats, and hilarious calamites.

Cpl. Eddy Picher (Ret.) will be remembered as hardworking man of God who was devoted to serving his country. Picher died on March 18, 2016, in Victoria, BC, he was 79. Born on Dec. 20, 1936, Eddy was one of eight children born to Rose and Mose Piche.