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What's the secret to a long-life? The answer: accept what happens and just go with it. That is Joan Rothwell's advice and considering she turned 100-years-old on Jan. 19, it might make her an authority of the issue.

East End residents are hosting a community potluck next Friday.

Fireside School construction is underway - set to open this fall - and now the Friends of Fireside are brainstorming fundraising opportunities to build a playground.

The Stoney Nakoda First Nation has been beset by crime of late and many are pointing to drugs as the source of the strife. So far in 2017 there has been one homicide, a kidnapping, and a person wielding a rifle in their grandmother’s house.

Cochrane & Area Humane Society staff were happy to receive more than $3,600 worth of food for its animals last Wednesday. The food was donated by Pet Valu after a Thanks for Giving campaign ran last October.

Cochrane’s annual family-friendly winter festival is getting ready to kick off in a couple of weeks and is seeking help.

How can people live more independently without having to rely on income assistance? That question inspired a partnership between Stoney Nakoda First Nation and Banff & Lake Louise Hospitality Association.

The Cochrane Activettes thought it was “absolutely superb” to receive $4,901 from the local Safeway after a month long campaign raised funds for the Food Bank.

Two bins. Ashes and charred remnants are all that remain of what was northwest Calgary’s only year-round market – Symons Valley Farmers’ Market – and the devastation rippled its way to Cochrane.

Inspired by war memorials across North America, Cochrane Legion member Todd Puzey brainstormed a way to improve the community’s cenotaph just in time to honour Canada’s 150th birthday and the Legion’s 90th year.