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Parents in charge of creating a new playground at Fireside School want to build an outdoor community that gives every child – at every level of ability – a place to enjoy.

For people like Edmonton cowboy and Police Air 1 Pilot Brian Griffith and many of the first responder community the Calgary Police Rodeo is a very special day. “It’s amazing – I’ve been around rodeo my whole life,” Griffith said.

Two Cochrane Cowboys wrestlers, Connor McNeice and Hunter Smith, pinned their way to a gold medal and a fifth placing overall at this year’s 2017 Canada Summer games in Winnipeg from July 28 to Aug. 13.

Fun Run Cochranites are encouraged to dress in bright colours for the third annual Fun Run, which takes place through the Historic Ranche site this weekend.

Police are seeking three people believed to have information about a recent theft from a rural shop in Springbank where shots were reportedly fired at a resident who attempted to stop the thieves.

A Cochrane tattoo shop is helping LGBTQ kids feel comfortable in their own skin by hosting a charity ink event for Camp fYrefly next week.

It only took a couple of years of friendship for Natalie Baxter, Jocelyn Flaherty and Raelle Rivoire to realize they had more in common than being mothers and neighbours who reside in the community of Fireside.

Members of the Don’t Dam Springbank advocacy group are furious with the province’s recent announcement of upcoming info sessions for the highly controversial offsite reservoir project.

The Cochrane Youth Council is looking to create the go-to social media hub for teens in town through the launch of their Facebook page What’s Up Cochrane.