Local News

Charges may be pending for the driver of a Honda Civic for failure to stop at a stop sign, which appeared to have resulted in a collision with a Toyota Tacoma at Lochend Rd. near Twp 262 on May 11.

Since 2001, Cochrane Search and Rescue (CSAR) has been the local search and rescue service with a dedicated volunteer base assisting emergency service operations across the broad Cochrane region.

A local Cub Scouts pack is working to ensure blue birds in the Cochrane area have places to nest.

Lay down your axes, machete, shotgun, double taps and running shoes, Zombie Survivor is no more. Many fans of the popular Zombie Survivor 5k Run woke up May 12 to a surprise greater than a flesh eater after their brains.

Do apples that never brown freak you out? How about antibiotics in meat that could contribute to deadly superbugs? Or, how about $31 billion of food across Canada being tossed away? With increasing scrutiny about industrial farming methods, questions

After years of not knowing if they would still call their current location home, the Alberta Institute for Wildlife Conservation (AIWC) in Madden has finally reached an agreement to purchase the land they are built on.

Morley Community School (MCS) students received the gift of music today in a celebration awarding them a $10,000 grant from national music education charity, MusiCounts.

On May 2, 2013, Cochrane lost Linda (Lindsie) Gloria Haxton – mother, grandmother, educator, author, artist and musician.

According to Cochrane Coun. Jeff Toews and senior manager of community services Suzanne Gaida, the fundraising initiative for ‘Rock the Waves’ (the pool/aquatic centre) is right on target. To date, over $4.4M of the $10.

The Cochrane Environmental Action Committee (CEAC) is asking anyone interested in municipal aggregate extraction processes to ‘save the date’ to take part in an upcoming workshop at the end of the month.