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Riparian areas along Cochrane’s Big Hill Creek and Airdrie’s Nose Hill Creek, along with some smaller tributaries to the streams, will be receiving a bit of a facelift in 2016 thanks to the efforts of the Bow Valley Riparian Recovery and Enhancement

Concern over the state of agricultural lands within Rocky View County (RVC) prompted the Action for Agriculture group to send a letter to the Minister of Municipal Affairs on Feb.

Cochranite Jonas Rigaux is getting set to take an ambitious cycling trip across Canada, but what prompted the ride wasn’t sheer adventure – it was a dangerous accident that saw him rushed to hospital.

Get pretty paws for your pooches for charity this weekend. The quarterly Pet-i-Cure fundraiser takes place this Saturday.

Cochrane town council has rescinded its motion to have a pilot shared-space off-leash area in the Sunset community. The decision was brought forward at the regular council meeting on Feb. 22 by Coun.

A program from Cochrane High School (CHS) is receiving national recognition, despite the fact that the program in still under a year old.

Banff-Airdrie Conservative MP Blake Richards is hosting a series of constituency consultations across the riding, beginning Feb. 29 in Cochrane.

The Cochrane Historical & Archival Preservation Society (CHAPS) is pleased to report its most recent project – the relocation of the “old hospital” to the Cochrane Ranche – is an overwhelming success.

A rollover driver from Morley is now in stable condition. On Feb. 24 there was single-vehicle rollover at the tunnel under Highway 1 between Bear Hill Road and Morley Road, with a 53-year-old male driver and 35-year-old male passenger from Morley.

With another tax season coming up, taxpayers have to be more aware than ever about scammers. The latest scam making the rounds involves a person calling residents, claiming to be with the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA).