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Tourism set to rebound in Cochrane area in 2023

Tourism set to rebound in Cochrane area in 2023

If website statistics are any indication – and they are – then it’s looking like tourism in the Cochrane area has started to strongly recover from any ill-effects of the COVID-19 pandemic in the last couple of years.
St. Timothy's performing arts students set to perform Maleficent next week

St. Timothy's performing arts students set to perform Maleficent next week

Acting mainly as a supervisor, McGregor said it has been great to see his students leading the initiative and bringing the performance together throughout the rehearsals.
Liricon looking to defer first reading of train station redevelopment plan

Liricon looking to defer first reading of train station redevelopment plan

“The ARP is still considered to be a draft document and could be further amended prior to presentation to council for first reading.”
Oral health month: The hows and whys of bad breath

Oral health month: The hows and whys of bad breath

It’s important to note that while halitosis may be an oral condition, it also may be indicative of other health problems, which is why it is vital to determine what’s behind one’s bad breath.
Glenbow Elementary School set to celebrate Earth Week with eco-friendly events

Glenbow Elementary School set to celebrate Earth Week with eco-friendly events

“Glenbow Elementary has had a long history with different kinds of environmental initiatives,” Vincent said. “We’ve had annual garbage pick-up days for years, we have a community garden on site that all the students participate in, planting and harvesting in the spring and fall, and compost and paper recycling.”
LETTER: Thank you Two Pharmacy for the AEDs

LETTER: Thank you Two Pharmacy for the AEDs

Dear editor, One of our 55+ apartments in Cochrane, Lofts on the Bow, recently received five Automated External Defibrillator Devices (AEDs). These life-saving machines are used for sudden cardiac events.
Coffee with Warren: ‘A cheerful heart is a good medicine’

Coffee with Warren: ‘A cheerful heart is a good medicine’

“Laughter is sunshine,” Victor Hugo wrote in Les Misérables; “it chases winter from the human face.” Well, it certainly seems last week’s column on humour helped chase away winter from the faces of many of our readers, if the responses I received are any indication.
Extreme weather athlete passing through Cochrane for fundraising marathon

Extreme weather athlete passing through Cochrane for fundraising marathon

Andre Belibi Eloumou will be running 120 kilometres – shirtless – from Calgary to the Icefields Parkway, just past Lake Louise, from May 22 to 23.
Cochrane High students present range of impressive cross-curricular capstone projects

Cochrane High students present range of impressive cross-curricular capstone projects

Each project’s subject was a passion chosen by the students and included music composition, building, photography, video creation, charitable work and more.
Farmers' advocate cautions RVC landowners on signing lease agreements with renewable energy companies

Farmers' advocate cautions RVC landowners on signing lease agreements with renewable energy companies

“It’s entirely a voluntary process to have the power plant located on your land,” Allen explained. “All of the protections you think you may have (as a landowner), you don’t have them. So whatever you negotiate in those lease agreements is what your compensation variables are going to be.”
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