Local News

The 2016 baby for the Cochrane area is from Springbank and it’s a girl! Rowan Alexandra Fouracres-Subryan was born at the Foothills Medical Centre in Calgary at 5:33 a.m. on January 1, 2016.

Cochrane RCMP had a busy year in 2015. With three homicides in the detachment area, eight traffic fatalities, four arsons in Morley, and a rash of break and enters in the summer – the force is hoping for a more positive year in 2016.

Though the Cochrane Syrian Refugee Action Group is still months away from bringing a refugee family to Cochrane, the community will be ready to help when it does.

We are a society of non-finishers. On January 1, we wake up with a bright idea for a New Year’s resolution.

The 8th annual Kimmett Cup will be taking place on Jan. 15 and 16 with a record-breaking 52 teams registered to participate.

The Cochrane Family & Community Support Services (FCSS) and the Board Development Program (Alberta Culture & Tourism) will be hosting a Strengthening Volunteer Boards workshop on Saturday, Jan. 16.

Cochrane RCMP and EMS responded to a two-vehicle collision on Christmas Eve on Highway 1 at exit 651. One of the drivers, a 26-year-old male from Edmonton, died from his injuries. The RCMP are not releasing the names of those involved.

A brand new mid-sized bus will be joining the Rocky View Regional Handi Bus Society (RVRHS) fleet in the new year after the loss of a wheelchair accessible minivan late November prompted Rocky View residents to donate $95,025 to cover the cost of a r

The Cochrane Business Network is starting the New Year off on an academic note. Jaana Woiceshyn, author and the director of the Haskayne School of Business at the University of Calgary, is the group’s first guest speaker of 2016.

Thanks to Martin and Sue Parnell and the community, the Lindsay Kimmett Kindergarten in Mto wa Mbu, Tanzania, Africa, will be getting a playground. They held the 6th annual Martin Parnell Walk/Run on Dec.