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Brooks Tower, the founder of the Cochrane and Area Events Society (CAES), recently announced that he is stepping down as director of the non-profit group and taking time out for his family and the possibility of new pursuits.

A Sept. 25 article published in Maclean’s magazine, “Who Earns What: Canada’s five top-expensing MPs”, lists Wild Rose Conservative MP Blake Richards as the third highest expensing MP at $547,510.07.

Alberta premier Jim Prentice announced at the Bow Habitat Station in Calgary Sept.

The Nakoda Elementary School (NES) students and staff are still reeling from the recent, sudden loss of Grade 2 teacher Theresa Ann Tonnellier, who succumbed to injuries resulting from a motorcycle accident in Calgary Sept. 28.

There is something to be said for a band that is able to reflect their relationship to the place they call home in their music.

As the temperatures start getting cooler and the days get darker, furnaces are getting fired up, the candles are being lit more often and, with the holidays coming, hot stoves, bright electrical lights and roaring fires will accompany.

From shoulder pads to skinny jeans, fashion has gone through many changes, and The Clothesline in Cochrane has seen it all over the last 20 years. Organized by the Cochrane Activettes, the store is celebrating its vigintennial this Oct.

The streets of San Jose del Cabo, Mexico, were eerily quiet on the morning of Monday, Sept. 15.

Benjamin Laslo was released on bail following an appearance in Cochrane Provincial Court via CCTV Sept. 30. The 26-year-old Cochrane man has been held in custody at the Calgary Remand Centre since his arrest Aug.

The rumble of Outhouses of all shapes and sizes filled Main Street in Cochrane on a crisp fall morning Sept. 27.