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Ryan Jordan Gibson has been sentenced to two years and eight months in prison after pleading guilty to killing Brandon Thomas while driving drunk in 2012. Gibson, 24, received his sentence in a Calgary courtroom May 12.

A contractor from British Columbia was hospitalized with serious injuries after his plane crashed a short time after taking off from the parking lot at Calaway Park May 1.

Cochrane homeowners will see their property taxes decline by an average of 4.91 per cent for 2014. The average single-family home will see a reduction in the fire tax levy of 5.54 per cent, municipal tax levy of 1.47 per cent and education tax of 9.

Hailing from Rochester, New York, comes a comic who has been offending audiences for the better part of 30 years. Mike Dambra, the ‘smart ass king of comedy’ will be headlining this Saturday night at the Hideout Pub.

Fort Macleod folk singer, John Wort Hannam, will be returning to Cochrane for a May 16 show at Legacy Guitar and Coffee House. Hannam was double-billed with PEAR last fall at the Alliance Church for the Cochrane Valley Folk Club season.

Hailing from Rochester, New York, comes a comic who has been offending audiences for the better part of 30 years. Mike Dambra, the ‘smart ass king of comedy’ will be headlining this Saturday night at the Hideout Pub.

In an effort to keep transportation fees for parents as low as possible, Rocky View Schools (RVS) board of trustees voted May 1 to amend the attendance area for Bow Valley High School to create a savings of $199,000 for its transportation department.

Fire rescue is a dangerous job, it entails hours of training and retraining to combat claustrophobia, exercises to control breathing in intense situations and extreme preparedness to enter the most dangerous of situations at a moment’s notice.

In an effort to keep transportation fees for parents as low as possible, Rocky View Schools (RVS) board of trustees voted May 1 to amend the attendance area for Bow Valley High School to create a savings of $199,000 for its transportation department.

Fire rescue is a dangerous job, it entails hours of training and retraining to combat claustrophobia, exercises to control breathing in intense situations and extreme preparedness to enter the most dangerous of situations at a moment’s notice.