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The Springbank Community Planning Association (SCPA) was hit with a $100,000 bill after the first of two judicial reviews was not ruled in the group’s favour by Court of Queen’s Bench presiding judge Justice Ron Stevens.

A Cochrane author is celebrating after her book was awarded silver in the 2013 Literary Classics Book Awards.

Drained batteries. Bald tires. Neglected electrical. This is exactly what Steve Priddey, owner/operator of Cochrane’s Can-Brit Auto Sales & Service, does not want to see happen to drivers this winter season.

Deed before creed is an ethical philosophy that has guided Bragg Creek resident Karen Nordgaard for the past 53 years.

Town of Cochrane CAO Julian deCocq updated council on the progress of the town’s 2013 Strategic Plan Oct.

Dr. Judith Samson-French, veterinarian at Banded Peak Veterinary Hospital, recently returned from the Caribbean island of Curacao where she was taking a closer look at the overpopulation of street dogs on the island.

There will be two new faces on Rocky View County council for the next four years. Division 2 candidate Jerry Arshinoff was elected Oct. 21 with 562 votes and Division 9 candidate Bruce Kendall is now a member of council with 387 votes.

Ivan Brooker is Cochrane’s newly elected mayor, and will lead a new council made up of Jeff Toews, Tara McFadden, Ross Watson, and newcomers Mary Lou Davis, Morgan Nagel and Gaynor Levisky.

Wild Rose Member of Parliament Blake Richards had the third highest expense claim in the House of Commons this year. For the year beginning April 1, 2012 and ending March 31, 2013, Richards’ expenditure report indicates he spent $547,510.

This Saturday (Oct.19) marks the running of the annual fall Helping Hands Food Drive. And this year, Terrance Haxton is urging each and every household to participate in the food collection.