Local News

Cochrane’s ‘little person’ race will be hitting the pavement for its fifth year. Bring your little ones to the annual Diaper Derby Sept. 19 for a fours-on-the-floor race at 11 a.m. in front of Grand Avenue Pharmacy.

Those concerned with logging in the Ghost Valley area will have the ear of Banff-Cochrane MLA Cameron Westhead at a public meeting tonight (Sept. 17). Westhead will be on hand at Beaupre Community Hall at 7 p.m.

During its Sept. 14 meeting, council heard a number of delegations from community groups, with motions from declaring September Prostate Cancer Awareness Month in Cochrane to increasing funding for the Rocky View Regional Handibus service.

Since the announcement of approved wolf killings in British Columbia by the B.C. government, it has received attention from the local Yamnuska Wolfdog Sanctuary to petition the decision.

With his ears up and his tail at attention, three-year-old German Shepherd Ecko is ready to do his job as a member of the RCMP’s Police Dog Services, along side his human partner, Corporal Mike Zinck.

It's been two years since the 2013 flood and some Bearspaw band members are still living in interim housing.

Local cancer survivor Sharon Meier MacDonald will speak at the 35th Terry Fox Run in Cochrane, Sept. 20. “Once I made my recovery, I wanted others to know that we do come through,” MacDonald said.

The Prairie Girls Vintage Market has turned its sights to the next generation to be this year’s donation recipients.

The Cochrane Firefighters Association will host its third year of flapjacks and fire trucks for the annual pancake breakfast Sept. 12 at the fire hall parking lot from 9 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., located at 20 Grande Blvd.

Spray Lake Sawmills’ chainsaws will remain silent after the government’s decision to halt logging in the Castle wilderness area Sept. 4.