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Rocky View County’s (RVC) base operating and capital budget was approved by council Dec. 10, and ratepayers should expect about a three per cent increase in taxes for the 2014 year.

The Glenbow Ranch Park Foundation (GRPF) is welcoming votes for the re-naming of the Foothills Fescue Research Institute.

From an early musical education on the East Coast to her role in the Calgary Philharmonic Chorus to fronting her own act, it’s been a road well travelled for singer/songwriter Jacquie Drew.

For three days each week, Seniors on the Bow (SOTB) fills with the boundless energy only a teenager can have. “You can feel their energy coming as they walk down the hall,” said Lynn Noble of the St.

It was the icing on the cake to wind down the 25th year anniversary for Cochrane Family and Community Support Services (FCSS) staff to see their manager, Susan Flowers, receive an ‘Award of Merit’ Nov. 29.

When local Cochraninte and Hollywood stunt coordinator Steven McMichael heard the Cochrane Movie House would be holding a red carpet event Dec.

Partygoers were found to be on their best behaviour last weekend, as Cochrane RCMP and Alberta Sheriffs took to Highway 1A for a checkstop.

The work of the students of Glenbow Elementary School’s Roots and Wings program is not going unnoticed. First, the program and its participants were the recipients of a national innovation award.

A spokesperson from the Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative (Y2Y) attended Cochrane’s Dec. 9 council meeting to present the mayor and councillors with information regarding the draft of the South Saskatchewan Regional Plan (SSRP).

Graham Pye couldn’t have been more surprised to find his bike shop, Bike Bros., topping the 2013 list of Canadian Cyclist Best Bike Shops. “I found out secondhand,” said Pye, who first opened the shop in Calgary in 2003. “I wasn’t expecting this.