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Development and business play a significant role in how a municipality moves forward, and for Cochrane mayor Truper McBride, the reality of developers approaching council candidates during election time is all part of process.

Last week, while most of us weren’t putting too much thought into what we were eating, two middle school girls embarked on a weeklong quest to attempt a 100-mile diet — a diet consisting only of foods produced within a 100-mile radius of Cochrane.

The skies will come alive with the sound of music as students in Bragg Creek join with students from across Canada to sing simultaneously with a Canadian astronaut in outer space. At 11 a.m.

Several Cochrane youth were recognized as ‘Leaders of Tomorrow’ during a ceremony April 25 at the Cochrane RancheHouse.

Camp Fyrefly, a nation-wide leadership and resiliency retreat for sexual and gender minority youth, will be coming to Cochrane this summer — the first time the camp has come to the Calgary area in its 10-year history.

Rocky View County council agreed to rotate the acting County manager role between three senior staff until a full-time manager is hired.

Wild Rose MP Blake Richards’ proposed Private Member’s bill, the Concealment of Identity Act, has cleared another hurdle.

Ask and you shall receive.

As little as two years ago, Cochranites wouldn’t have seen the artwork of Hermann Brandt lining the walls of Cochrane Arts Central. But now, with a year and a half of full-time painting under his belt, Brandt’s work isn’t going unnoticed.

The Care in the Creek Medical Centre is looking to expand its roster of patients. With over 1,800 patients now registered with the new medical facility in Bragg Creek, Dr. Sara Wiesenberg and Dr.