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Cochrane community peace officers are encouraging off-leash dog park users to be responsible for their animals following a scuffle that left one dog with a puncture in its side.

A group of students from Cochrane High School (CHS) will be spending the next four months getting their hands dirty with DNA. Thirteen students are competing as part of the school’s first International Genetically Engineered Machine (iGEM) team.

The Boys and Girls Club of Cochrane and Area (BGCCA) is looking for high school recruits for their Rogers Raising the Grade program. The educational afterschool program is geared towards youth in Grades 9-12.

Bragg Creek resident Fiona Garforth-Bles will have the adventure of her lifetime sailing in a challenging race and raising money for cancer research.

There’s the time he climbed Mount Kilimanjaro in a matter of hours. And who could forget the time he ran 250 marathons in a single year. And now Martin Parnell is at it again, travelling to England for his latest quest: Rotary Coastal Quest 630.

Police have their eyes peeled for a young man after a Cochrane resident reported an attempted vehicle theft on West Terrace Crescent. On the morning of Feb. 12, a lone male was seen trying to gain entry to a vehicle in the West Valley community.

The proposed aquatic centre/curling facility is moving into the next phase, following a Jan. 27 reveal of the new schematic design to council, shaving around 4,600 square feet and $9 million off the cost for a total price tag of $45 million.

Wild Rose MP Blake Richards has been appointed to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Public and National Security.

Work to connect trails in the Bragg Creek area to the Trans Canada Trail can now begin thanks to financial support from the provincial government. On Jan.

Get ready for a face off between two rivals — the 11th annual Cochrane Classic Charity Hockey Game is just around the corner. Slated to run start at 4 p.m. on Feb.