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The leaves are changing and the air is getting cooler – it is starting to look like fall in Cochrane, meaning it’s time for the second annual Cochrane Fall Fair to take place at the Cochrane & District Agricultural Society grounds.

Comedian Matt Billon has become known for his calm and unassuming style in the Canadian comedy scene – delivering his quick wit somewhat effortlessly.

A number of Cochrane businesses and town departments — 17 to be exact — will crack their doors Sept. 26-27 for the first Doors Open Cochrane event. The event will kick off the Thursday prior (Sept.

A statue created by the team at Studio West Bronze Foundry and Art Gallery will be part of a memorial monument at the Commonwealth Air Training Plan Museum in Brandon, Man.

Slugged as ‘If we all love food, why are we throwing nearly 50 per cent of it away?’, “Just Eat It: A Food Waste Story” is coming to the Cochrane Movie House Sept. 23 at 7 p.m.

Bragg Creekers will be beautifying the hamlet this Sept. 13 in an effort to improve the aesthetic of the downtown core — which was hard hit by the June 20, 2013 flood — with their ‘Re-Create The Creek’ initiative.

Cochrane’s Sydney Mae, 13, performed during Country Music Week at this year’s Canadian Country Music Association (CCMA) awards in Edmonton, Sept. 4-7.

A mature grizzly bear was found dead by Alberta Fish and Wildlife last weekend near the intersection of Hermitage Road and the Trans-Canada Highway.

A man in his 50s was pronounced deceased at the scene, when Cochrane RCMP responded to a call around 12:15 p.m. Sept. 6 of a motor vehicle collision at the traffic circle of Hwy 22 and Hwy 8.

Following a Rocky View County (RVC) council meeting Sept. 9, a controversial Local Improvement Tax (LIT) proposed to residents around Cochrane Lake to offset the costs resulting from the flooded lake has been quashed in a vote of 8-0. Div.