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“It is absolutely an extreme sport. You’ve got to be straight to keep up.”

A 7-Eleven in Cochrane is can now serve alcohol to legal aged customers with the launch of a licensed restaurant at their West Side Drive location.

Bear activity will increase during the fall as bears put more effort into foraging and building up their fat reserves for the long winter hibernation period.

The first ever Cochrane Altitude FMX & Auto Show hit town today, with motorcycle daredevils doing death-defying tricks alongside the display of fancy Cars.

A multi-vehicle collision was reported along the Trans-Canada Highway near the Highway 22 interchange on Aug. 25

This Saturday was the annual Bear Valley Rescue Open house, where many people showed up on this sunny day south of Sundre to meet and support local rescued animals.

Freight trains must start rolling again first thing Monday morning, the federal labour board ruled Saturday as it ordered thousands of rail employees back to work to end a bitter contract dispute that shut down the country's two major railways.

“Law enforcement response teams and the provincial sheriffs are still actively searching for Elijah Blake Strawberry in connection to the murder of Colin John Huff of Airdrie,” said Wielgosz. 

Rail workers fought back Friday against the federal government's move to get them back on the job, with a fresh strike notice and a regulatory challenge making it unclear when most freight traffic will resume.