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A second community meeting on the proposed Cochrane North development was held at Weedon Hall Oct. 12, drawing a steady stream of area residents and others interested in the development.

For the past 20 years the Cochrane & District Youth Justice Committee has been working to help youth avoid a criminal record and make amends for their transgressions. The committee celebrated 20 years of service last weekend.

Despite previous reports of the new RCMP location moving to the Heartland community because of the number of calls “west on Highway 1A,” the town could not confirm the stats. At the Oct.

Big Hill Pool manager, John Napier, is excited to welcome 15 newly trained lifeguards to the new pool/multi-sport complex scheduled to open June 2017.

Camp Adventure was not thankful for the theft over Thanksgiving weekend. More than $10,000 worth of items were reported stolen on Oct.

Some residents in the Riversong community are upset over the proposed development of a Nissan dealership.

Longtime friends Leona and Gloria often arrive at the Royal Canadian Legion’s Cochrane Branch #15 like clockwork on Mondays.

The Yamnuska Wolfdog Sanctuary is asking the public for help after one of its newest residents came in with a broken hip.

All steaks in. Bragg Creek’s seniors housing complex is back on track after $1-million worth of land was donated last December, but there is one Creeker who would like to see the building currently on the property utilized.

Council will vote Monday on a new policy that would ensure future town capital projects have a better financial cushion in the budgeting process. Coun.