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A University of Calgary (U of C) study revealed this week that southern Alberta homes are testing high for radon, including Cochrane.

Additional funding from the provincial government will not be enough to cover school fees if Bill 1 is passed, according to Rocky View Schools.

Dog park advocates are hoping to present a petition with 1,000 signatures to council next month fighting for the original West Valley off-leash dog park location. Plans for that site were officially squashed last week. Coun.

A Cochrane man being retried in an incest case involving his daughter and two stepdaughters was found guilty on some of the charges and acquitted on others Wednesday.

“Heart-wrenching” and “eye-opening” is how Philip Coté describes his first trip to Cambodia. Invited on a volunteer mission with his church, the Alberta born and raised Coté was not widely travelled.

Cochrane’s MLA is part of a comprehensive review of the province’s child protection services to help streamline a system weighed down by bureaucracy. Banff-Cochrane NDP MLA Cameron Westhead is one of 11 all-party members who sits on the review panel.

The annual Door Open Cochrane event that invites people to visit local businesses to see what makes them unique with exclusive tours, events and insider information sessions, is open for registration.

A crude oil leak west of Bragg Creek was discovered last Thursday. Husky Energy reported the spill on March 17 after noticing the leak in the afternoon.

The Boys and Girls Club of Cochrane and Area is hosting its second annual Newfie Night fundraiser March 31 and April 1.

Carts for the new organics waste program will be hitting the curbs of Cochrane on Monday. “We are ready to roll,” said Fabrizio Bertolo, manager for solid waste and recycling.