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With the holiday season drawing to a close, it’s time for many of us to begin to dismantle the tinsel, unwind the Christmas lights and dispose of those pesky trees. In an environmentally friendly way, of course.

After a year of uncertainty as to whether their service was even wanted in Cochrane, the Rocky View Regional Handibus Society is excited to see town council more willing to cooperate in 2013.

The use of lanyards that aren’t designed to break away have been suspended from all schools in the province following an incident in Bearspaw where an eight-year-old boy was found unconscious, strangled by his school lanyard in the door of a washroom

Not everyone knows what went down on the battlefields of J.R.R Tolkien’s Middle Earth, but Cochrane’s Steven McMichael does.

Shell has donated $230,000 and solidified a partnership with the Glenbow Ranch Provincial Park Foundation (GRPPF) to launch advanced research on land reclamation practices using native grasslands.

Cochrane RCMP, alongside the Cochrane Integrated Traffic Unit (ITU), continue to be busy with their Checkstop Program this holiday season. A Dec.

Cochrane RCMP have made a pair of arrests in connection with the Nov. 29 robbery of Late Hours Liquor Store.

Rocky View councillors were on board with Alberta Sand and Gravel Association’s suggestion to require aggregate operators to register their trucks with the association, during a meeting Dec. 18.

It’s hard to believe that 2013 is only a few short days away. Luckily, many local venues are offering up come stellar options for ringing in the new year. So, bust out your partypants and check out the wide range of festivities slated for this Dec.

A local writer and environmentalist has voiced concern over Alberta Environment and Sustainable Resource Development (ESRD) issuing permits to energy companies to extract water from Dogpound Creek.