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Alberta Health Services is encouraging families affected by the 2013 Southern Alberta flood to attend free Flood Relief Respite weekends at Camp Chief Hector YMCA.

Just in time for Remembrance Day, a young Cochrane author has released an anthology written in commemoration of the centennial of the First World War. Author Josie Neven-Pugh will be launching her book, titled 619,636 Reasons Why, Oct.

Upgrades to the Cochrane water/wastewater transfer station are near completion. Budgeted at just under $2.

You know the saying, like father like son? In the case of Andrew and Zachari Smith – it really is true. “I found out he is writing all of these songs and I really became a fan of his songwriting,” said Andrew, the elder of the two Smiths.

Rocky View Schools (RVS) is hoping the government will approve a request for 17 new portables and two relocated portables to help address projected utilization rates of more than 100 per cent for the 2015/16 school year. At the Oct.

Winnipeg band The Bros. Landreth has had some pretty important moments over the last few years. There was the “ah-ha” moment in 2012 when musicians and brothers Joey and David Landreth decided to start a band together.

Manachaban Middle School students will be hitting the streets of Cochrane for their annual Walk-A-Thon Friday, Oct. 24. “We’re so thankful that the community is so giving,” said Frederick Taylor, one of the organizers of the event.

The provincial government announced last week that Rocky View Schools (RVS) would receive two new schools in the district, with doors opening for the 2017-18 school year.

As Cochrane continues to grow as a town, so do the number of small businesses that are popping up.

In the coming month, when someone asks you to go for a float in Cochrane, chances are they won’t be talking about down the Bow.