Local News

Ryan Jordan Gibson has been sentenced to two years and eight months in prison after pleading guilty to killing Brandon Thomas while driving drunk in 2012. Gibson, 24, received his sentence in a Calgary courtroom May 12.

The first phase of construction is on the horizon for Harmony, a development planned for the northwestern corner of Springbank. Harmony, which is being planned by Bordeaux Properties, is being constructed adjacent to the Springbank Airport.

Spray Lake Sawmills (SLS) hosted an open house May 7 to give Cochrane and area residents a peek into what the forestry company has in the works for the 2014-2015 harvesting season. Those who attended the session, which ran from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m.

A contractor from British Columbia was hospitalized with serious injuries after his plane crashed a short time after taking off from the parking lot at Calaway Park May 1.

Cochrane homeowners will see their property taxes decline by an average of 4.91 per cent for 2014. The average single-family home will see a reduction in the fire tax levy of 5.54 per cent, municipal tax levy of 1.47 per cent and education tax of 9.

Ryan Jordan Gibson has been sentenced to two years and eight months in prison after pleading guilty to killing Brandon Thomas while driving drunk in 2012. Gibson, 24, received his sentence in a Calgary courtroom May 12.

A contractor from British Columbia was hospitalized with serious injuries after his plane crashed a short time after taking off from the parking lot at Calaway Park May 1.

Cochrane homeowners will see their property taxes decline by an average of 4.91 per cent for 2014. The average single-family home will see a reduction in the fire tax levy of 5.54 per cent, municipal tax levy of 1.47 per cent and education tax of 9.

Hailing from Rochester, New York, comes a comic who has been offending audiences for the better part of 30 years. Mike Dambra, the ‘smart ass king of comedy’ will be headlining this Saturday night at the Hideout Pub.

Fort Macleod folk singer, John Wort Hannam, will be returning to Cochrane for a May 16 show at Legacy Guitar and Coffee House. Hannam was double-billed with PEAR last fall at the Alliance Church for the Cochrane Valley Folk Club season.