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There’s a new face at the Boys and Girls Club of Cochrane and Area. Beginning Sept. 3, Din Ladak has taken up residence at the youth facility as the interim executive director for the non-profit organization.

An ex-Cochrane lawyer is spending two years in jail after obtaining more than $1 million in fake mortgages. Nicola Alexandra Davis was sentenced Sept. 24 to 18 months for fraud and six months for theft.

Following 18 months of understanding, strategizing, implementing and monitoring, the town’s Integrated Downtown Action Plan (IDAP) is complete. Presented to council Sept.

In celebration of their 35th anniversary, the Cochrane Activettes will be celebrating in a fitting way — amongst the community. On Sept.

Lace up those runners and work the kinks out of your strategy — the Cochrane Outhouse Races are upon us. The yearly potty-pushing event is slated to run the last Saturday in September — Sept. 28 — at 10 a.m.

Careless disposal of “smoker’s materials” has been determined as the cause of a house fire in a Bearspaw community, according to representatives from Rocky View County (RVC) Fire Services.

Cochrane’s tri-site of schools — Elizabeth Barrett Elementary School, Ecole Manachaban Middle School and Cochrane High School — will have hundreds of students hitting the sidewalk and the playing field. All in support of the Terry Fox Foundation.

This weekend, check out the Arts and Culture Foundation of Cochrane’s (ACFC) three-day art festival, a weekend of music, performance and visual artistry.

The Cochrane and District Chamber of Commerce welcomed the town’s three mayoral candidates, kicking off debate season for the upcoming municipal election.

About 165 students will be hitting the back roads of Rocky View County, walking more than 10 kilometres to raise money for Westbrook School. The K-8 school students will hit the pavement — or the dirt — Sept.