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Two wildfires in the span of five days broke out near Cochrane last week. Fire one kilometre from Cochrane Fire crews contained a wildfire that broke out around 2 p.m. May 23 on Stoney Nakoda Nation land.

The fate of one black bear cub will depend on whether the province's recently introduced management protocol is updated.

Alberta Agriculture and Forestry have now listed the fire at McLean creek as being held and has now shrunk to 60 hectares.

In the quiet of a Sunday morning, John ‘Jack’ Tennant chose to spend his remaining moments basking outside in the sun and surrounded by friends and family, rather than in a hospital bed, as his giant heart took its final beats.

If one Cochranite has his way, a new pathway will be developed that would connect Cochrane through to Canmore and Banff.

Rocky View Schools (RVS) board approved its budget for the 2018-19 school year last week. Instructional resources is boasted to receive 78 per cent of the $280 million budget while 13 per cent will go to operations and maintenance.

Cochrane Two Pharmacy recently donated some much needed medical equipment to Cochrane Urgent Care.

"My hand's a little sticky, sorry," said William Pratt after pulling off his bee keeper's hat and veil. Using bare hands, Pratt of Ol' Grumps' Honey had worked away the afternoon separating his bee hives at a rural property off of Horsecreek Road.

Fire crews say they have contained a wildfire that broke out around 2 p.m. yesterday on Stoney Nakoda Nation land approximately one kilometre west of Cochrane.

The man killed in a dirt biking incident over the weekend has been identified by his family as Justin Francis, a Cochranite and firefighter with Rocky View County. Just after 2 p.m.