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The annual Cochrane Comedy Classic is welcoming back headlining funny man, Trent McClellan, Oct. 27.

The owners of a Rocky View County (RVC) residence in Springbank that was burglarized on Oct. 18 is making a plea to those responsible to return the memories stolen from their home.

Cochrane town councillor Jeff Toews completed his own transit survey on Oct. 18 and discovered that many in the community do want to see a transit service, but the amount they are willing to pay varies greatly.

A third information session and community consultation for the proposed small wind turbine by the Cochrane High School (CHS) Sustainable Development Committee is slated to take place at the CHS Lyceum from 6:30-8 p.m. on Oct. 25.

The RCMP Major Crimes Unit has confirmed that the gruesome find in the rural area of Township Road 252 near Cochrane was indeed human remains. The Cochrane RCMP responded to a call at a rural property in the area on Oct.

A hearing will be held before the Environmental Appeals Board regarding a water management order issued to Regional Water Services (RWS) and its owner, Jeff Colvin, by Alberta Environment and Sustainable Resource Development (AESRD).

The annual Family and Community Support Services (FCSS) Jacket Racket is back Oct. 27. Families hoping to find the perfect fit to keep warm this winter can head to the Cochrane Alliance Church between 11 a.m.-2 p.m.

Cochrane town council was presented with a draft of the 2013 budget during their Oct. 22 meeting, and the numbers indicate that property owners’ taxes could go up 6.75 per cent when incorporating a 1.38 town-wide increase and the town’s 5.

Ghouls, ghosts and goblins look out... Some 200 kids decked out in frighteningly fantastic Halloween costume are expected to fill the Cochrane RancheHouse Oct. 28 from 2-4 p.m.

Bearspaw resident Reg Gustafson has taken his engineering skills around the world, most recently to Tanzania, where he helped design a student centre for the Tanzanian Efeso Baptist Church.