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Everyone knows eating healthy and exercising is the key to shedding weight and living a long life, but figuring out how to actually start can be confusing, maddening and downright scary.

On Sept. 15, the Cochrane Fun Van presents a Family Fun Run at the Cochrane Historic Ranche site along with all its regular entertainment and then some for people of all ages.

An Ontario cadet is honouring the life of fallen comrade, Cochranite Lamont Murphy, with a fundraiser to help soldiers living with mental and physical injuries. “It’s an honour to do this after hearing everything about him.

The Cochrane Classic Car Club is looking to capitalize on the last bit of summer for their Fall Colours Show and Shine, which will be held Sept. 13 in downtown Cochrane.

The website for the Cochrane BMX Association was hacked Aug. 27, and for the better part of the day contained a statement decrying the branding of Muslims as terrorists.

A Calgary man hunting without a licence was slapped with a $7,000 fine in Cochrane Provincial Court last week. Fang Shao Xie, 44, pleaded guilty Aug. 28 to one count of hunting without a licence.

In a recent survey of homebuilders by the Fraser Institute, Rocky View County was declared the most regulated municipality in the Calgary-Edmonton corridor (CEC), according to a news release.

Many people in Cochrane believe (and have written letters to the editor on this topic) that if town council either stopped or at least slowed down development in the municipality that it would help manage the area’s growing traffic issues – but is it

The Cochrane Lions Labour Day Rodeo returns this weekend for its 49th year. To get the rodeo started, tomorrow night (Sept. 4) will see the Slimdor Ranch Rodeo kicking things off at 4 p.m.

You probably don’t have to be worried about robots taking your job. But your children might have to.