Chiseled into Cochrane’s entrance sign the words How the West is Now pretty much sum it up. This mountain-fringed hamlet has taken old-fashioned western gumption, fuelled by its roots in ranching, and parlayed it into creating a top-seeded business and lifestyle destination. It’s home to half a dozen sizeable tech companies, including Garmin Canada, 4iiii Innovations, Hunterwood Technologies and mcThings and is actively recruiting more — a feat that has those in the know dubbing it Silicon North.

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