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Cochrane Search and Rescue held its first joint meeting with regional first responders on July 11 to help foster a better understanding of the group's capabilities.

Volunteers and staff at the Cochrane and Area Humane Society may have found the key to getting dogs adopted a little faster.

A group of boaters at Ghost Lake found themselves in distress after an unfortunate scenario last Saturday evening. Around 9:45 p.m., Cochrane RCMP and the Cochrane Fire Department received a call that a boat was sinking in Ghost Lake.

Cochrane’s quiet LGBTQ2S+ community has been establishing a group to call their own and are now gearing up to become a non-profit with projects to begin as soon as Fall 2018.

The 2017 federal decision to claw back municipal salary tax exemptions will impact all elected officials who will no longer be able to collect one-third of their salaries tax-free beginning in 2019.

The truth is out there and there are people in the Cochrane and Bow Valley area who might know the answers to an age-old mystery.

For Caroline Barclay, Glenbow Ranch Provincial Park recently became a whole lot more significant.

It’s been five years since the 2013 flood destroyed the Cochrane Girl Guide’s playground at Camp Jubilee and finally, the organization has announced it is construction-ready for a million-dollar replacement.

Jones Estate Land The highly contentious Jones Estate Land will be back before council for consideration at the Sept. 10 council meeting, beginning with a public hearing. The new applicant is looking to develop 11 single-family units on the 4.

The cause for the suspicious fire in early June that ravaged homes in the Fireside community has yet to be determined.