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It takes a village to raise a town and Cochrane is no exception.

The annual Community Awards held recently was an opportunity to recognize outstanding individuals and Cochrane organizations that work diligently to ensure Cochrane maintains an excellent quality of life.  This year, there were 45 individuals and businesses nominated in 13 categories, which is 28 more people than were nominated in 2015.

The event was hosted by Stuart Bradley of Cochrane, who was surprised when he discovered that he was selected Senior of the Year.  Bradley’s volunteer activities in the town include volunteering with the Cochrane Classic Car Show, the Lindsay Kimmett Foundation, Big Hill Lodge and the Canadian Legion.

Other Major Award Winners

1. Citizen of the

The yeas and nays were all heard during a public meeting last week at Weedon Pioneer Community Hall. The May 19th open house was held to hear concerns and answer questions about Cochrane North, a proposed residential development north of Cochrane Lakes off Highway 22.

The developer brought in a number of project specialists including those involved with the design, concept development, transportation and utilities such as wastewater and stormwater design. Those in attendance had a variety of questions and concerns about traffic, stormwater management and whether the development was necessary at all.

The Cochrane North community as presented construed would bring about 425 residential units on the north side of Cochrane Lakes, just off Highway 22 to

The Town of Cochrane morphed from a village to a town in 1971. Here we are 45 years later and the population of this community North West of Calgary has just rolled over the population odometre to 25,122. This figure is hot off the press after the 2016 Municipal Census and shows that the town grew by 2,000 souls in the last 12 months. This latest figure shows that growth is slowing down somewhat. The population is up by 8% over 2015 which is down from the 11.5% growth the previous year and 10.4% in 2014. Approximately 25% or one in four people wasn't living in Cochrane three years ago.

The communities that actually lost a few residents in Cochrane are Bow Ridge, GlenEagles, West Valley, Downtown and Cochrane Settlement.

Any growth that occurred in

The Town of Cochrane is a wonderful place for young families with plenty of medical services available for expectant and new mothers.  Here are some of the resources for women who find themselves in the family way.

Cochrane Primary Care Centre

This health clinic has a full range of medical care services including a walk-in clinic.  If you’re new to Cochrane, this could be your first start with a doctor or obstetrician who will care for you throughout your pregnancy.  While there is no full-service hospital in the Town of Cochrane, Foothills Medical Centre is just a 20-minute drive into Calgary and has an excellent maternity department.  It is also close to the Alberta Children’s Hospital should neonatal care be required.  Other nearby hospitals

People are known to travel from all over to take advantage of the province’s best warm water therapy programs right here in Southern Alberta.

Cochrane and District Warm Water Therapy is a registered charitable society offering physiotherapy in the warm embrace of weight-bearing water.

At the recent Annual General Meeting of the Society, many users came forward to provide testimonials for the unique therapy about how it immensely improves quality of life.

The Society runs warm water therapy programs at the Winsport Medical Clinic and helped Anne Scott of Bearspaw who battled a variety of injuries, including a ruptured Achilles and a troubling and nearly fatal staph infection in her knee.

A Calgary physiotherapist recommended warm water therapy

Zombie Survivor is a to-die-for event that takes place every year at the Cochrane Ag Grounds and if you want to take advantage of Early Bird pricing, Friday, April 1 is your deadline.  And that’s nothing to do with April Fools.

The early bird discount is 25% off the regular registration fee of $80 a person for runners/walkers and $40 for folks who don’t want to run but would like to be volunteer zombies.  Both types of participants can join as a team.

What is Zombie Survivor?

Picture if you will thousands of people running for their lives – or deaths – in search of brains.  Participants will run through a mud-filled 5km course with various obstacles and objectives that they must meet with team members.   As a participant, you will have three

In 2013, several families in Cochrane’s east end noticed that the hillside was crumbling somewhat behind their homes. Now, six families in Headlands, situated just south of Highway 1A, can breathe easier now that the town has voted to build a pile wall.

The slope of the hill began to shift three years ago and town council acted quickly to investigate the cause.  A geotechnical firm was hired and a slope assessment was undertaken by E2K Engineering to find the cause.  This was to determine if the slope itself was the problem or the “gabion” walls which were constructed by the development of Headlines.  This type of retaining wall is typically built on an angle facing towards the slope of a hill.

It was discovered that subsurface factors of an

Registration for Cochrane’s 17th Annual Footstock running event is now open and if you need to get tuned up for this race, read on.

The Cochrane Red Rock Runners are organizing a clinic that will run for 11 weeks leading up to Footstock which is slated for June 4 and 5 in Cochrane.  The clinics are being organized by Peter McBreen, a running coach and former track and field coach in Great Britain.

The first clinic is scheduled for Wednesday, March 23 beginning at 6:30 pm. Clinics will run three times weekly with different runs each night.  This clinic is suitable for all runners, young and old. Those who are already running or runners who are just looking to improve their personal best times can sign up for a six-week clinic.

The 11-week version

Good news for families in Cochrane.  The wait is over. There are now five doctors currently accepting new patients in Cochrane at three clinics in town.

For a long time, even as recently as last year, residents were concerned about the lack of available family doctors in Cochrane.  Some families in Cochrane sought medical care on the north western edge of Calgary, but would rather stay in town with a general practitioner.

Developers and realtors in Cochrane heard first-hand from potential buyers who were thinking of purchasing a new home in Cochrane but were dismayed over the shortage of family doctors.

Thanks to the efforts of the local Primary Care Network and Alberta Health Services, new family doctors have been lured to Cochrane to establish

Live entertainment has always been part of the fabric in a small town, and Cochrane is no different.  Since 2000, Cochrane’s Vision Theatre has been providing entertainment for residents and a venue for amateur actors and performers to pursue their passion for acting on the stage.  You can get involved in Vision Theatre with the following opportunity:

Vision Theatre is looking for people who would like to direct one-act plays in the upcoming Foothills Zone Festival which takes place at the end of April in Canmore.  This opportunity is ideal for anyone with acting experience, whether a novice or a veteran actor, who would like to try directing but doesn’t want to put in the time required for a major production.   One-act plays are the perfect way to try