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The Town of Cochrane is considering entering the Internet business.

Saturday gave us more than one of the first nice-weather days of spring , it also brought us an amazing example of what a community can accomplish when it works together.

Although tens of thousands of words have been written on the subject, none could fully express the sheer tragedy of the Humboldt bus crash.

If you monitor RCMP news releases, social media crime watch or community pages, it’s likely you will read about a car theft, burglary or other type of property crime almost every day.

A year ago, nearly to the day, Brian Mason, Alberta's minister of transportation, stood in Cochrane with then-mayor Ivan Brooker and proclaimed like a puffed up peacock that the NDP had done what no previous government had - finally committed to fund

Cochrane has enormous strengths as a community, many of which are factors for the tremendous growth the community has seen over the past decade.

Some stories are difficult to write but necessary.

Coun. Susan Flowers came forward with an interesting notice of motion last week that, if approved by council, will limit the number of notice of motions councillors can bring forward to three.

Racism. It’s a word and a concept that evokes intense response from those who experience it and those who are accused of it.

Anyone who is trained in emergency first aid or works in a job that might require them to take life-saving action knows there will come a time their skills will be needed.