Local News

The Eagle has observed a great deal of interest expressed on social media platforms recently for a need for a community children’s play centre in Cochrane.

Wild Rose MP Blake Richards made an announcement Feb. 7, revealing the federal funding announcements totaling $255,000 for support of recreational trails across Southern Alberta.

If you are looking for a place to take the whole family this Family Day, Spray Lake Sawmills Family Sports Centre (SLSFSC) will be holding its annual event Feb. 16.

The endangered red panda has found a friend in local student Katie Palzat. The Cochrane High School student has been working independently on a project on the species for the last four years.

The Western Rocky View Parent Link Centre is throwing a big party to celebrate nearly a decade in the community, and is inviting Cochrane to join them in the festivities. The event will take place Feb.

On Feb. 25, the Boys and Girls Club of Cochrane and Area (BGCCA) is encouraging Cochrane to paint the town pink, on a day that is recognized nationally as an opportunity to stand up against bullying.

The countdown is on for the opening of the new kindergarten to Grade 8 school in Cochrane’s Sunset Ridge, set to open in September 2016, and Rocky View Schools (RVS) is looking for help from the public to find the perfect name for the new facility.

The Wintergreen Forest Estates Conceptual Scheme was presented to Rocky View County (RVC) council Jan. 27 and will be amended into the Greater Bragg Creek Area Structure Plan (ASP).

Cochrane mother of three, Valentina Fenton, is ramping up fundraising for the 38th annual ‘2015 Sport Chek Mother’s Day Run, Walk & Ride’ — which will take place May 10 at the Chinook Centre in Calgary.

Rocky View County (RVC) council voted 7-2 Feb. 10 in favour of Div. 2 Coun. Jerry Arshinoff’s Jan.