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Join the Spray Lake Sawmills Family Sports Centre (SLSFSC) for Family Day festivities on Monday, Feb. 15, from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Families can join in on the fun with a Family Day pass for $15. The day starts at 10 a.m.

It’s been six months since Kari Murphy, a Cochrane resident, lost her son, Lamont, to a tragic mishap on the Cochrane train tracks. In the aftermath of this event, she has a call to action for the town: repair the chain-link fence along the tracks.

The first Syrian refuge family to move to Cochrane settled into their new townhouse on Feb. 9.

George Watson was a music teacher living in Water Valley when I met him in the 1970’s. He taught many people to play banjo, guitar and accordion, and my son was one of his students learning to play the guitar.

Did you get a free tattoo in Calgary lately? More specifically, if you received a tattoo at Discount Tattoo (224 7A St. N.E.

Cochrane’s own Marathon Man is joining forces with the Alberta Medical Association (AMA), crusading to get youths active and fit.

A Name-the-Dome contest is underway and Lafarge needs the public’s help. Ask Plant Manager Jim Bachmann about the dome and he’ll tell you he’s heard it all from the Bow Valley, Calgary and beyond.

WinterFest was almost cancelled in Cochrane this year.

The live-work units were brought up again at the Cochrane town council meeting to give second and third reading to amend the land-use bylaw for the units.

Strong relationships make for happy families and, not surprisingly, best child development.