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Mutt Strut raises $30k

Mutt Strut raises $30k

Strutting mutts raised approximately $30,000 this past weekend.
Playground building starts today

Playground building starts today

The Jumping Pound Ridge Community Association is spending the next three days building the new community playground.
Cadets add new award to honour late Cochrane teen

Cadets add new award to honour late Cochrane teen

The Cochrane cadets have added a new award showcasing leadership and outstanding effort in honour of late teen and former cadet Lamont Murphy. “I am very proud of my son.
Camp Horizon unveils new dormitory

Camp Horizon unveils new dormitory

The camp in Alberta for people with disabilities and medical conditions unveiled its second new dormitory last week. After a campaign to raise $10 million for the re-development of Easter Seals Camp Horizon, organizers confirmed they have raised $9.
Cochrane cyclists ride for charities

Cochrane cyclists ride for charities

Pedalling for cash? That is exactly what a group of Cochrane cyclists did last weekend, when they took their stationary bikes to the streets of historical downtown.
Vultures spotted in provincial park

Vultures spotted in provincial park

Far from the desert, a small but growing turkey vulture population exists in Alberta. Recently spotted by a local hiker at Big Hill Springs Provincial Park, two of turkey vultures were perched on posts by Daniel Foster.
Snapchat snafu

Snapchat snafu

A 15-year-old Cochrane teen has been charged for threatening students at Cochrane High School via social media. Cochrane RCMP visited all three Cochrane high schools on Monday after the threats were made on Snapchat over the weekend.
Teen dies in off road vehicle accident

Teen dies in off road vehicle accident

A 12-year-old died due to fatal injuries in an off road vehicle accident this past weekend.
Teen charged for threatening school

Teen charged for threatening school

A 15-year-old Cochrane teen has been charged for threatening students at Cochrane High via social media. Cochrane RCMP visited all three Cochrane high schools earlier today after the threats were made on Snapchat over the weekend.
'It's surreal'

'It's surreal'

Hundreds of square kilometres scoured, sleepless man-hours spent, the search for Karen Roy, of Chestermere, was seemingly over and then from the passenger side of a red Ford Focus emerged a barefoot and dehydrated Roy.
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