Local News

While I was browsing among a bookstore’s shelves recently, one cover stood out as if it had a message for me personally.

Council unanimously approved the land purchase for the new RCMP station Oct. 11, as identified in the Ten-Year Financial Strategy for the town. The purchase price for the 2.

Last week Dennis Stefani correctly pointed out that I did not cite any sources, a hard thing to do in a 500-word letter unless all you do is point to the Intergovernmental panel on Climate Change (IPCC) website as both Dennis and Nielle did.

After a two-week Give A Little, Help A Lot fundraising campaign earlier this year at Mark’s No Frills, more than $2,000 was donated to a Cochrane mother with multiple sclerosis.

The Bow Rivers Edge Campground Society announced $104,100 in community program reinvestment this year, including $50,000 to fire relief in Fort McMurray (a split donation from the local Lions and Rotary clubs).

After a turbulent relationship between the Town of Cochrane and food trucks, administration has presented a draft of the new mobile food vendors bylaw at a recent open house.

Tulum Development Management will be hosting its second community meeting Oct. 12. The meeting will be held at Weedon Hall from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.

The Chiniki Band revealed it is running a $4.5 million deficit at a recent meeting, where administration clearly stated chief and council would not be taking pay cuts to help remediate the cost.

Due to low tickets sales the second fundraiser for a Cochrane mother with MS has been cancelled. The event was scheduled to take place at Ducks on the Roof on Oct. 15. Organizers are asking anyone who bought tickets to contact them for a refund.

Bragg Creek’s historic Roundhall is reopened and ready to start bumping again. “Everyone thought we were crazy,” Barbara Teghtmeyer said with a laugh, Bragg Creek Trading Post owner and driving force behind the restoration of the hall.