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For Lora Weir and Sabrine Koudmani, volunteers with Cochrane & Area Victim Services Society, their work provides the lifeline for people dealing with sometimes-unimaginable hardship.

July 18 is a little more than a week away, and organizers of Parks Day across Canada would like to once again invite the public to celebrate at Glenbow Ranch Provincial Park for the Riversong Run at the Ranch and family-friendly festivities.

Lois Torfason and her husband live on the southern tip of the Springbank Airport, and they are concerned that a move to lift nighttime takeoff restrictions on small jets could lead to further noise disturbances for those residing close to the airport

If your saddle sores from Stampede aren’t too bad, Bragg Creek Days is returning to the hamlet July 17 to 19 with loads of summer festivities to choose from.

Redwood Meadows Emergency Services (RMES) is offering its fire cadet camp for teens 14 to 17 once again, with a couple of new additions for this year. A Level 3 camp will now be offered to cadets returning for their third year.

A man has been charged with second-degree murder after RCMP discovered the body of Myles McLean, 55, on the side of the Trans-Canada Highway on Canada Day.

The Ford Model T Club of America is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year and its members will be rolling in and around Cochrane starting July 12.

Kananaskis Country’s William Watson Lodge celebrated a ribbon cutting ceremony for its comfort camping facility June 20.

Say goodbye to dust, mud and a generally bumpy ride into the Cochrane Ranche Historic site parking lot. Crews finished adding the milled asphalt to the lot last Thursday, using 1,200 tonnes of repurposed asphalt.

The developers of the Southbow Landing project held an open house June 25 at the Cochrane RancheHouse to showcase the proposed plan and field questions from the public.