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Ryan Jordan Gibson, who last week was sentenced to two years, eight months behind bars for driving while drunk and killing Cochrane teen Brandon Thomas, is appealing Judge Karim Jivraj’s decision.

The Cochrane Relay For Life event, in support of the Canadian Cancer Society, has been cancelled this year due to a lack of volunteers and participants.

Three young Cochrane area singers are heading to Edmonton for the Provincial Music Festival.

Cochrane off-leash dog park users Jim Uffelmann and Sandy Chilton have expressed concerns over the interpretation of the ‘multi-use’ aspect of the off-leash park that runs along the Bow River, extending from the community of Riverview.

A study done on a section of River Heights Drive aimed at determining whether the Town of Cochrane should allow curbside parking has determined it is best to wait before solving a problem that apparently does not yet exist.

Two things more often than not identify Cochrane – the place with the good ice cream, and the town with that horseman on the hill. On May 21, that horseman, the “Men of Vision " bronze statue, will celebrate its 35th anniversary.

With warmer weather in the forecast, hoards of weekend warriors are getting their recreational vehicles (RVs) on the road, in search of family fun and a place of tranquility to call home for a few days.

A study done on a section of River Heights Drive aimed at determining whether the Town of Cochrane should allow curbside parking has determined it is best to wait before solving a problem that apparently does not yet exist.

Rocky View County (RVC) council approved Phase 3, 4 and 5 of the Cottage Club Ghost Lake development project May 13. The gated community lies along the shore of Ghost Lake and the Bow River south of Highway 1A, west of Cochrane.

Two things more often than not identify Cochrane – the place with the good ice cream, and the town with that horseman on the hill. On May 21, that horseman, the “Men of Vision " bronze statue, will celebrate its 35th anniversary.