Local News

The secrecy surrounding what chemicals are being used in hydraulic fracturing (fracking) fluid has ended, with the Energy Resources Conservation Board (ERCB) and the Lochend Industry Producer’s Group (LIPG) disclosing the ingredients to the public.

A change in the West Bragg Creek logging plan has left residents frustrated. Alberta Environment and Sustainable Resource Development (AESRD) approved a logging proposal in November.

A screening of the film Treacherous Heart will be coming to the Cochrane area this month, shedding light on the pressures immigrants experience in their daily life. Hosted by Cooperative ESL Ministries, the film will be shown at 7 p.m.

Mountain View County councillors have expressed their displeasure with the delay of the $2.8-million Big Prairie Bridge project over the Little Red Deer River northwest of Cremona.

Ongoing development was the major theme during the Cochrane and District Chamber of Commerce’s Jan. 9 Lunch and Learn event, where Mayor Truper McBride provided his ‘state of Cochrane’ address to a group of approximately 40 business members.

For some, pink may be just a colour.

Cochrane High School’s five-kilowatt wind turbine project got the green light from Rocky View Schools (RVS) board, Jan. 10. The project, first presented to RVS on Nov.

A pit bull attack at a home on Quigley Drive on Jan. 12 has landed a seven-year-old boy in a Calgary hospital. Tyler Benjamin was visiting with his older sister at her residence when he was attacked by a dog owned by the sister’s boyfriend.

The trial for three people who were charged for the murder of former Cochrane resident Ryan Lane has been adjourned until Feb. 15.

A mobile breast cancer screening test will be making its way to Cochrane this month, giving Cochrane-area women an opportunity to make use of a special screening X-ray. Setting up shop in the parking lot of the Cochrane Community Health Centre Jan.