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For anyone who fancies the choral tradition, Calgary’s first professional chamber choir, Luminous Voices, will be performing at the Cochrane RancheHouse Nov. 9 at 8 p.m. in honour of Remembrance Day.

The voice of a Cochranite can be heard on a charity single penned in celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry (PPCLI).

The driver of a semi truck is in stable condition following a single vehicle rollover that closed the westbound lanes of Highway 1 for hours.

West Coast quintet, The Bills, is the next act to perform for the Cochrane Valley Folk Club (CVFC) at the Alliance Church Nov. 15, beginning at 7:30 p.m. These five world-class instrumentalists and first-call cats are coming: strings attached.

Country and western music man, Allen Christie, will be returning to the Legacy stage this Nov. 9 for an 8 p.m. show. The Caroline, AB guitarist has been touring with his band, singing songs about rodeos, ranching and the road.

“My job is to go into rooms and use music and songs as a device to connect people together…” said Arnprior, Ont. folk artist, Craig Cardiff. Cardiff will be arriving, party of one, to Legacy Guitar and Coffee House for a Nov.

Rising Canadian comic Leland Klassen continues to draw on his daily life experiences to maintain a level of funny that keeps him hard at work.

A man is dead after being pulled from the cold waters of Waiparous Creek Oct. 29. Tristan Queyras, a 26-year-old male from Calgary, was found face down in the water under the Waiparous Creek Bridge.

A Sundre man is dead as a result of a single vehicle crash on the TransCanada Highway Oct. 23. Cochrane RCMP responded at about midnight to the accident, which occurred near Scott Lake Hill.

It’s been more than 15 years since Edmonton chanteuse, Chloe Albert, began her foray into live performance. Now the countrified folkie is courting her sophomore album, Dream Catcher (2013), in front of audiences across the country, including a Nov.