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Town buses could feed a regional bus service in the future if the Town of Cochrane has its way.

a stay-at-home mom shaken when Child and Family Services arrived on her door step for allowing her children to play in the yard unsupervised, is not as likely to happen in Alberta.

The Bighill Creek Preservation Society will be hosting a Watershed Forum and Creek Walk on May 7.

Parents and a Cochrane business joined forces to recognize the hard work and often-thankless dedication of Cochrane school bus drivers recently.

Get ready to strut your mutt. Registration is now open for one of Cochrane & Area Humane Society’s (CAHS) biggest fundraisers, the Mutt Strut.

Cochrane business and residents are stepping up to help the city Fort McMurray, after a wildfire sparked an evacuation of the community. As of 6:20 p.m. on May 3, the city issued a mandatory evacuation for all of its 83,000 residents.

Mitford School will be hosting an Artist in Residence program beginning May 10. Gail Bartel, a Calgary-based artist, will be hosting a six-day art workshop for the school’s Grade 5 students. The workshops take place during regular school hours.

Drug Bust Marijuana, crack, cocaine, suspected methamphetamine, and MDMA were recently seized during a major drug bust in Cochrane last Sunday.

Frontline health workers deal with trauma nearly every day, and now a town nurse is offering them an outlet for some of the stress that inevitably builds up.

In death Ryan Lane became a hero to his daughter freeing her from the custody of his murderers, Lane’s sister told the court during her gripping victim impact statement on Friday.