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Hosted by the Stoney Nation Employment Centre, the fifth-annual Stoney Nation Career Fair gets underway Feb. 6 at the Morley Community Gymnasium.

On Jan. 22, Rocky View County council approved an $8.3-million contract for the new Bearspaw Firehall expected to open in the fall of 2014.

What has been described as a simple misunderstanding is quite indicative of how serious law enforcement handles matters posing potential violence in a school in this day and age.

Cochrane town council voted on several public-at-large appointments during their Jan. 14 meeting, approving 12 applicants to six different boards and committees.

The next time you’re in Global Pet Foods picking up goodies for your four-legged family member, don’t forget to leave a donation to help out the local animals without a home.

Legacy Children’s Foundation will be kicking off the annual instrument drive with their first-ever Open Mic Night at Cochrane Coffee Traders on Jan. 31.

Cochrane council addressed two land use bylaws during their Jan. 28 meeting. The first redesignated 29 existing residential lots on Heartland Way from high-density, multi-unit dwellings to single, detached.

The dog that bit a seven-year-old Cochrane boy on Jan. 12 has been euthanized.

For many, the message could not be clearer: Don’t drink and drive.

Cochrane RCMP said a woman who fell three metres from a window in her home on Jan. 20 is recovering in the hospital. Cochrane Emergency Medical Services and STARS were called to the home, located southwest of Cochrane, just before 4 p.m.