Local News

Bow Valley High School’s senior band played their way to top prize at this year’s Alberta International Band Festivals, held in Edmonton from March 17-21.

The Rural Alberta Development Fund (RADF) has wound down its operations, but a local project it has funded has been generating province wide interest.

Today is the last day for shoppers of local health store, The Healthy Hut, to stop by the 126 2nd Ave West location to bid farewell to owner Lucy Miller.

Whether you’re an avid egg hunter, have a penchant for crafts or are gearing up to carry the cross through downtown, Cochrane and the surrounding area has all sorts of family-friendly activities on the go this Easter weekend.

The April 14 town council meeting was one for the books, with the launch of the aquatic/curling centre fundraising initiative, ‘Rock the Waves’, (see page 7) and was summed up with councillor Tara McFadden stating, “I can’t imagine a better night in

Longtime Canmore resident Marlo Raynolds has declared that he will seek the nomination for the Liberal candidacy in the Banff-Airdrie riding.

Rocky View Schools (RVS) named Banded Peak School’s Scott Bailey as the division’s 2014 nominee for the Alberta School Board Association Edwin Parr Teacher Award at the March 20 board of trustees meeting.

The Calgary Regional Partnership (CRP) has proposed amendments to its Calgary Metropolitan Plan (CMP) in an effort to build upon its relationships with Rocky View County and the M.D. of Foothills.

A former Cochranite is making the move from dancer to onscreen villain in the web series Project: Long Night. “It’s been amazing,” Shawna Hawthorn, 28, said of the experience.

For Constable Jas Dhaliwal, putting on that Mountie uniform was something he’d been envisioning for a long time. “I’ve wanted to be a policeman since I was really young,” he said.