Local News

The public input period wraps up today for Cochranites wanting to provide feedback on the proposed changes to the smoking bylaw through cochrane.ca. Coun.

Cochrane's annual winter festival kicks off this weekend. On Saturday residents and guests are invited to five hours of family-friendly activities hosted by Cochrane and Area Events Society.

Bow Valley High School will be jamming for donations on March 7. Carrying on the annual tradition of hosting a Food Bank Benefit Concert, this will be the 17th year organizers are inviting guests out for a night of music and charity.

St. Timothy’s junior high students will be attending Calgary Hitmen’s first anti-bullying hockey game on Feb. 22. “It’s going to be exciting,” said Rob Brabec, vice-principal at the junior and senior high school.

Court for a Stoney Nakoda Nation man charged with second-degree murder has been adjourned until May. Tylen Tray Poucette, 20, was charged with second-degree murder in the death of Kori Wesley, also from the Nation, last August.

The quarterly Pet-i-Cure fundraiser takes place next weekend. For a minimum of $10 you can get your pooch (or kitty) a professional nail trim with all of the funds going toward the Cochrane & Area Humane Society.

Advocates for urban hens are clucking with anticipation upon learning that council will be presented with the possibility of an urban hen pilot project in Cochrane. Supporters and naysayers alike are encouraged to attend the Feb.

Future visions and economic engines were two highlights to Mayor Ivan Brooker’s community update when he spoke to the Rotary Club of Cochrane Tuesday.

The Cochrane Ecological Institute (CEI) will be hosting its second annual wildlife symposium next month - this year's theme is Finding Common Ground.

Two Mount Royal University instructors were killed in a plane crash near Waiparous on Monday. Cochrane RCMP, with assistance from military and civilian aircraft, responded to reports of a plane crash on Feb. 13 at approximately 5:55 p.m.