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Try three hours of Zumba to the tune of 50 songs. Or a Christmas flash mob with over 50 participants.

If Scotland’s ‘favourite son’ was alive today, chances are he’d be heading to the Cochrane RancheHouse Jan. 25 to eat, drink and dance the night away with the Cochrane Pipe Band.

The premier 2014 viewing for the Chinook Film Group will be Gabrielle (2013), a film directed by French-Canadian director Louise Archambault. The screening will be held at the Cochrane Movie House Jan. 15 at 7 p.m.

Crafting tunes that have him flipping through a catalogue of influences from past eras filed under classic vinyl, Calgary-based singer/songwriter Dave McCann will be the Jan. 18 feature ‘Live at Legacy’ performer.

In the early hours of New Year’s Day, Banff RCMP received a report of an assault occurring hours earlier at one of the hotels. It was reported cross-country British runner Jamie McDonald had been assaulted sometime between 2 and 3:45 a.m.

The Calgary man who drove drunk and killed Cochrane teen Brandon Thomas in a December 2012 collision could face a two-year sentence after pleading guilty to two impaired driving charges. Ryan Jordan Gibson, 23, pleaded guilty to driving over the .

A fire destroyed a home at the L.J. Ranch yesterday evening (Jan. 8), located just south of Cochrane.

Cochrane residents will have another ‘get fit’ option to consider in the near future, when GoodLife Fitness cracks its doors this month.

Enter for a chance to win 1 of 2 6-month memberships to Goodlife Fitness

From a recording studio in a castle in Germany to seasonal touring throughout Western Canada, singer/songwriter Norm Strauss has served more than three decades in the music business. Serving up his solo show at Legacy Guitar and Coffee House Jan.