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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.

Giving the town’s youth a stronger sense of place in the community will be top of mind for Kim Krawec as she officially takes the reins of Cochrane’s multi-faceted social organization at the end of the month.

It’s a crisp morning at the Bow RiversEdge Campground and Roy Jones is shining the bumper of his Georgetown Forest River XL with a soft green cloth. Inside, his wife, Carol, puts paintbrush to canvas and carefully creates a watercolour scene.

A Cochrane man is hoping outdoor enthusiasts will shed their brightly coloured hiking jackets to help protect researchers who are following in the footsteps of Canada’s pioneers to catalogue changing mountain landscapes.