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An open house hosted by Spring Hill RV Park unveiled a number of proposed changes to the park, including plans for a car, semi-truck and RV wash.

The 2013 Cochrane and District Chamber of Commerce Trade Show has announced an all-star talent competition, and any amateur performers are invited to battle it out for bragging rights.

An upcoming training session has Cochrane Fire Services putting out a call for your old vehicles.

An 11-year-old girl will be pulling harp strings — and heart strings — during a fundraising concert to benefit the women and children of Africa’s Sierra Leone.

A Juno nominee is bringing his unique, honest brand of pop music to Bragg Creek in what promises to be an outstanding evening of entertainment.

Wildrose Party seniors’ issues critic Kerry Towle was at the Cochrane RancheHouse early March 2 for an informal discussion about the issues facing seniors and their caregivers in Alberta communities.

The provincial government is looking to municipal governments, like Cochrane’s town council, to provide feedback on what they would like to see changed in the Municipal Government Act (MGA), which is currently being reviewed.

Tucked above MacKay’s Ice Cream in Cochrane’s historic downtown, sits the newly opened Café Roubaix Bicycle Studio. The boutique is the brainchild of Cochrane newcomers Dan and Rita Richter, and aims to appeal to performance-level road bikers.

The eight-year-old girl who was struck by a semi truck Feb. 25 at a crosswalk in Cremona is doing “pretty good,” said Const. Danielle Morrison of Didsbury RCMP.

Bragg Creek’s restaurant scene is cooking with the addition of one new player and two restaurateurs who have added some new spice to existing establishments in the last two months.