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Cochrane’s growth rate is up 5.4 per cent from 2011, according to the Cochrane Planning Department’s November development report. “That’s certainly on the healthy side of growth,” said councillor Tara McFadden.

In wintery fashion, Studio West Bronze Foundry & Art Gallery artist and proprietor, Don Begg, is showcasing his most recent exhibition throughout the month of December — a collection of polar bears, modeled after a trip to Churchill, Man.

The students at Springbank Community High School (SCHS) are getting into the giving spirit of the season, as they once again take part in the Mustard Seed’s Christmas Campaign.

A shortage of medical patients is certainly not an issue in Bragg Creek. Celebrating their 1,000th registered patient on Nov.

The Alberta Institute for Wildlife Conservation (AIWC) near Madden has rehabilitated a male golden eagle that was suffering from near-fatal lead poisoning. The eagle was found by a fish and wildlife officer near Canmore Nov.

Town council approved the Community Revitalization Levy (CRL) bylaw during a special meeting Nov. 29, paving the way for the municipality to retain $13 million from the province for capital projects in Cochrane’s downtown core.

Thanks to the recent publication of photos of wanted suspects, Cochrane RCMP made an arrest on Nov. 28 in the Springbank break-and-enter case and identified a second suspect.

Rocky View County will front the necessary $65,000 to install a replacement septic system on a property in Cochrane Lake. Since January 2011, the lake levels have been steadily increasing and is currently 1.

A representative from the Cochrane Turf Association is feeling confident that construction on an artificial-turf playing field could begin as soon as May 2013, after the group received a $250,000 grant from Rocky View County council, Nov. 27.

The Eagle’s Nest Family Shelter held their second annual Family Violence Awareness Walk on Nov. 27, in honour of November as Family Violence Awareness Month.