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Minister Shannon Phillips of Alberta Environment and Parks has appointed Banff-Cochrane NDP MLA Cam Westhead as the Chair for the Endangered Species Conservation Committee (ESCC).

Council opted to defer plans to build a clubhouse and new fields to accommodate the growing Bow Valley Rugby Club on April 9.

While many 12-year-olds daydream about swimming with dolphins, Belle Levisky dares to swim with sharks.

As of Monday, Albertans will face harsher roadside consequences for impaired driving The Alberta Government has put its new Impaired Driving Law into effect April 9.

Two students from St. Timothy Jr. Sr. High School got to show off their shop class expertise while competing against their Calgary and area counterparts.

It was a tense evening at The Redwood House Tuesday night as the community gathered to discuss the inflated cost of a proposed plan to bring fibre optic network to the townsite.

Not bad for a potlicker from Blackie.

River Heights area residents will soon have a commercial shopping district to call their own.

A newly appointed judge opened up about her Cochrane roots and how rural living had a sway on her career. On April 4, former Cochrane student L. Bernette Ho was appointed judge of the Court of Queen’s Bench of Alberta in Calgary.

Only a week after Santa Claus Parade organizer Mick Gee announced he would be stepping away from the event another organization has stepped up to take the reins.