Local News

Are Pow Wow’s in the future for Cochrane? One Morley family is hopeful. This year the Town of Cochrane included traditional First Nation dancers in the town’s Canada Day festivities.

The Town of Cochrane is currently exploring the possibility of installing fiber optic cables for businesses to access. Compared to using more traditional copper wires, fiber cables are faster and experience less signal loss.

With tornado season just starting, storm chaser Braydon Morisseau anticipates he will be busy. Morisseau has been chasing storms since he got his drivers licence in 2008.

The Foothills Bucking Horse Futurity is taking place at the Cochrane Lions Rodeo Grounds on July 14. Organized by Jimmy Richards, the event will showcase future bucking horses.

Cochrane’s mayor says people need to be cautious in their support of a new video promoting Historical Downtown.

Some former Cochrane Bottle Depot Ltd. employees are under investigation for fraud.

Stockmen’s Memorial Foundation is hosting an art show from July 5 to 29 at the Cochrane RancheHouse. The show features 200 framed black and white photographs from the book titled 200 Remarkable Alberta Women by Kay Sanderson.

A Cochrane family is “moved” by all the support they have received in the last week.

Thanks to citizenship ceremony hosted in Cochrane last Friday, 50 individuals can now officially call themselves Canadians. “I am pretty excited and a little nervous,” said Momodou Jarju, 22.

Stampede Breakfasts in Cochrane July 9 Attendees can enjoy live entertainment from singer/songwriter Lexi Strate while enjoying a free breakfast and coffee at the Gentry Espresso Bar. Located at 312 5th Avenue, the event will run from 9 a.m. to 12 p.