Local News

Provincial wildlife officials are expecting hibernating wildlife to have an early wakeup due to the warm weather this season.

A local partnership has been working to help get youth in the town more active, by donating play equipment to schools. Glenbow Elementary School and Holy Spirit Elementary School were the recent recipients of new play equipment last Friday, Feb.

Wow! Not much more to say about Cochrane’s under-construction aquatic/curling facility down at Spray Lake Sawmills Family Sports Centre.

Cochranite Chantal Wafer will be making her second trip to Mexico this year on March 15, to bring supplies for impoverished families, a tradition she has been doing for almost a decade.

The Cochrane Generals can’t seem to stop winning when it matters most.

Visit St. Andrew’s United Church on Saturday, March 12, for the 8th annual Tea with Local Producers. Happening from 10 a.m.

The Backcountry Trail Flood Rehabilitation Program is getting ready for the 2016 season. The program is a three-year endeavour to rehabilitate mixed-use off-road trails devastated by the 2013 flood.

Blake Richards, the MP for the Banff-Airdrie constituency, held a community consultation at Cochrane Toyota on Feb. 29. The consultation focused on local priorities for residents of Cochrane as we near the release of the federal budget.

Cochrane & Area Humane Society (CAHS) will be hosting a Foster Open House on March 12.

During a recent meeting with Rocky View County Coun. Bruce Kendall and concerned residents, there was a heated discussion about the possible sale of the Cochrane & District Agricultural Society grounds.