Local News

The Town of Cochrane’s Renewable Energy Framework (REF) was made official, after council approved the plan April 27.

The 2015 tax rate bylaw was unanimously approved by Rocky View County (RVC) council at a meeting on April 28, setting the year’s tax rates at 3.3 per cent above the 2014 rate.

With the potential for complete societal collapse being predicted by some in the coming years, growing your own food should be on your radar.

For the second year, the Town of Cochrane is taking applications for the Weed Pull for Cash program and helping local groups earn $300 by removing weeds in local parks.

Westbrook School, it seems, is a fertile place for young scientific minds. Grade 7/8 students took home three gold medals from the Calgary Youth Science Fair last month (April 15-18).

On May 11, riders from a coast-to-coast campaign to rally support for veterans fighting post-traumatic stress disorder and other mental health issues arrive in Cochrane.

Here’s a sentence that’s never been printed before: Banff-Cochrane residents elected its first NDP MLA Tuesday night, dismantling the PC bastion that had been in place in the riding since 1971.

If you’re in the mood for a pool party, the Town of Cochrane wants you to bust out your bathing suit and take the plunge.

A local group is looking to get some fresh ideas from Cochrane’s youngest sitting councillor on the outlook of Alberta’s economy.

Polling companies and area residents all believed the May 5 Alberta election was going to be a close one, particularly in the Banff-Cochrane riding.