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Foodies and residents alike will have the opportunity to sample the wonderful flavours of Bragg Creek during its inaugural food and wine festival and the first course is being served March 1.

Yet another young Cochranite will be showing her humanitarian spirit, this time during an upcoming volunteer trip to rural Kenya.

The house fire that occurred along Cochrane Lake West, north of Cochrane, has resulted in no damage to the value of the property; according to Rocky View County deputy fire chief Perry Prete.

Bragg Creek Mountain Woods Health Services board, which is a partner that helped establish the Care in the Creek Medical Centre, has been awarded a grant from the province’s Thrive on Wellness program.

Cochrane town council unanimously approved a new animal bylaw on Feb. 25, but not before some amendments were added to address animal attacks. The move was spurred by the wave of recent dog attacks, some of which were quite severe. Using Dr.

Like most 16-year-olds, Saffron Hickey has big dreams. And with ambitions to work as a freelancer in hospitality and event management, the Cochranite has years of work ahead of her. But Saffron doesn’t shy away from a little hard work.

The Calgary Regional Partnership (CRP) has agreed to enter into a mediation process in an attempt to bring surrounding municipalities to the table and reach an agreement on the Calgary Metropolitan Plan (CMP).

Friends of Bearspaw Education Society (FBES) is hoping one large, fancy fundraiser will be the ticket Bearspaw Elementary School needs to upgrade technology and expand the literacy programs in the school, said FBES chair Dawn Collings.

It isn’t easy being green, but a Redwood Meadows environmental group recently proved that passion and hard work will be rewarded.

A Redwood Meadows-based contractor has been ordered to repay nearly $43,000 to former clients for home renovation work that he was hired to do but never completed. Kieron Warren appeared in Calgary provincial court on Feb.