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It’s been a bumpy road thus far for a disputed road use application looking for a green light on log-hauling truck usage in the MD of Bighorn. During a delegation at the MD’s regular meeting Aug.

On Aug. 15, community members of Bragg Creek will notice a lot of pink around the hamlet – all to raise awareness for breast cancer, and to have some fun along the way.

For the second time in the past month, a Cochrane teen has been killed after being struck by a train. During the early morning hours of Aug.

Applications to be the next Cochrane Lions Rodeo Royalty queen or princess are still being accepted, and thus far, Corinne Blair of Calgary is the lone contestant throwing her hat into the ring.

Most Cochranites know who she is, which is precisely why her daughter wants you all to come celebrate her 80th birthday Aug. 19.

A blaze at a Morley residence is confirmed as arson, said Cochrane RCMP. A mother and two children were uninjured as they escaped flames and smoke inside their home early Friday (Aug. 7) morning.

If you take a look in your garage, you probably have a bicycle collecting dust and sitting neglected. For Cremona’s Kirk Douglas Doucette, owner of Recycled Cycles, that bike can get a second shot at life. The concept is simple.

After a freak snowstorm put a chill on last year’s attendance, the Cochrane Fall Fair will return Aug. 21-23 at the Cochrane and District Agricultural Society grounds with a bevy of activities for those still young at heart.

If you’re looking for some outdoor adventure and to learn a bit more about the area’s environment, the provincial park sitting at Cochrane’s doorstep may have the program for you.

BURNCO Rock Products employees went on strike Aug. 10, walking a picket line in Calgary and Cochrane after a July 30 vote favoured the union’s strike mandate. BURNCO released a media statement Aug.