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Shred your paper. Help feed those in need. That’s the concept behind the Cochrane Eco Centre’s “Community Shred” Oct. 24 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at 50 Griffin Industrial Pt.

The 33rd annual Bearspaw Market will be hosting over 80 vendors on site this upcoming weekend. With 22 new vendors this year, market coordinator Maureen Unland said she likes to keep things interesting.

The Morley Skateboard Association is kick-starting its fundraising to bring a skate park to Morley. Organizer Tyree Wildman said the committee is aiming for a fundraising goal of $650,000.

Dust off your boots for a good ol’ fashion barn dance next weekend. The Boys and Girls Club of Cochrane and Area will be hosting the inaugural Community Barn Dance at the Ag Society barn Oct. 24.

Changes in managing waste removal are coming to Cochrane, with higher costs for businesses that don’t recycle properly. The Cochrane Eco Centre is offering a free workshop with the goal of educating business owners on how to avoid the increased fees.

Rocky View Schools (RVS) will participate in a pilot program for a new testing initiative this fall, but it’s one that has some local educators concerned.

Conservative incumbent Blake Richards did not acknowledge a question, ‘How would you ensure your government would not change the laws to suit their agenda?’ NDP candidate Joanne Boissonneault spoke over her allotted amount of time for the majority of

A harpoonist and an axe murderer walk into a bar… And get ready to rock the stage in Bragg Creek for a night of self-described “open, honest, greasy kind of soul satisfying experience.

Could you send Canada to war on the advice… of your intern? When a backbenching MP from rural Quebec finds himself the sole decider in whether Canada goes to war, he turns to his democratically savvy Haitian intern for advice in navigating the absurd

Art lovers are welcome to the Foothills Art Club annual Fall Show and Sale next weekend at the Cochrane Alliance Church. With approximately 60 artists to attend the show, there will around 200 paintings to admire or purchase and bring home Oct.