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Property assessments in Rocky View County have gone up 3.9 per cent. During a council meeting March 26, staff presented an assessment update for the 2013 tax year to council. Overall, assessments went up 3.9 percent or $545 million.

Folk performers Gary Fjellgaard and the Great Plains (also known as Saskia and Darrel) will be back at the St. Andrew’s United Church of Cochrane for a Spring Concert, April 7.

The Boys and Girls Club of Cochrane and Area (BGCCA) held the official launch of their Rogers Raising the Grade program and Technology Centre, March 26.

Dear Editor: I joined MADD — Mothers Against Drunk Drivers — last week. I didn’t want to go to a funeral 16 weeks ago. I didn’t want to see all the other mothers at the funeral, supporting their children, just as I was.

Revenue sources was the hot topic during the Alberta Urban Municipalities Association’s (AUMA) information session at the Cochrane RancheHouse, which looked at ways to improve the Municipal Government Act (MGA).

Many see shadows as something negative. I see shadows as invitations to imagination and beauty, launching pads for flights to otherness – especially through photography. The other day, for example, I was having my usual 9 a.m.

Parents with students in Rocky View Schools (RVS) district can expect to see an increase in fees in the fall. The RVS board of trustees voted unanimously to hike instructional fees $10 and busing fees $50 for students within the division, March 21.

Cochrane mayor Truper McBride has announced that he will not seek re-election in the next municipal election.

Cochranites will be kicking off National Volunteer Week in style, with a complimentary appreciation event for the kind-hearted residents among us.

According to a 2009 study from Health Canada, the age-standardized, self-reported prevalence of diabetes among First Nations adults living on-reserve was 19.7 per cent — 14.5 percentage points higher than the general population.