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Growing up in Waterton Valley, Charlie Russell saw his fair share of wildlife through his family’s outfitting and filmmaking businesses.

When it comes to listening to music in Cochrane, there’s no shortage of country and western bands, folkies with guitars in hand and singer/songwriters lined up to entertain the happy hour toe tapper or midnight hour two-stepper.

Bragg Creek residents hope to scare up support for their community with a month-long festival celebrating the best fall has to offer. The inaugural Bragg Creek Scarecrow Festival will be held from Oct. 4 to Nov.

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.