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Catriona Hill, director of experience with the SLS Centre, said she hopes to see plenty of Cochranites enjoy the ball hockey event this Friday, but that they also learn and understand the message behind Green Shirt Day.

The proposed residential subdivision lies just north of the current Westview Estates near Springbank, just west of Range Road 33 and just south of the Springbank Park for All Seasons recreation centre.

Those wishing to head to their earthly rest as a casket burial in the Garden of Peace Cemetery on the east side of the county will pay about $100 more for their plots this year. Cremation burial plots at Garden of Peace Cemetery will increase by about the same amount.

During the March 23 board meeting, two parents of students at Fireside School said they would be worried about the “significant adverse impacts” that would potentially arise by splitting up the student composition of that school, in the event RVS decides to go with one of the first three options.

“We definitely want to be involved with the people around us,” Wareham-Bakker said. “And it’s not [that] we’re a bunch of real estate agents here, we live here, we work here, and we are part of the community too."

The newly-formed Cochrane and Area Health Foundation (CAHF) is practically a reality, as the founders have announced the name of the organization, the vision and mission statements, their values, and perhaps most importantly, how community members ca

“It’s something that is happening now and is happening quickly,” Sawicki said. “There’s a lot of interest in what’s going to happen in that location in terms of housing, but also the shopping component, and other areas that are going in around that space."

“It definitely stung,” Miller said. “But I think the guys are really proud of everything we accomplished, regardless of the result on Sunday."

“We have noticed with increased costs of living right now that some of the nice things have fallen off for a lot of families,” Breeze said. “Cochrane Home Treasures wanted to provide a few community nights where going to see the movies will be free for them.”