Local News

Twitter, Skype, Facebook and blogging – tools that traditionally are removed from the classroom in favour of textbooks and notepads – are as essential to Springbank Middle School teacher Bill Belsey’s teaching repertoire as a pencil.

Paramedics from Alberta Health Services (AHS) reported improved response times, an increase in calls expected for this year and continuing efforts in improving mental health services for first responders, among other items at the June 22 council meet

Cochrane Search and Rescue (CSAR) raised $9,000 at their annual garage sale, held Spray Lake Sawmills Family Sports Centre June 20 — an event that required 500 CSAR volunteer hours and saw some 500 people come through the gates.

Summer roadwork within the town of Cochrane began yesterday (June 24) and will run through early August.

A June 22 house fire that has impacted four Cochrane families continues to be under investigation. Four townhomes on Sunrise View were impacted by the blaze that was reported around 2 a.m.

A proposed subdivision within the Watermark area was unanimously tabled by Rocky View County (RVC) council at a June 9 meeting. The land, located west of 12 Mile Coulee Road, received redesignation approval at a public hearing in June 2014.

Registration for the 8th annual Monumental Tournament of Aces is now open. The popular Cochrane golfing event will be held at The Links of GlenEagles Oct.

Cochrane’s next in line K-8 school, slated to open in September 2016 in the community of Sunset Ridge, will be called ‘RancheView School’. Rocky View Schools (RVS) board of trustees selected the name at their June 18 meeting.

Canada Day is almost here and there are a number of family-friendly events in and around Cochrane July 1. The Royal Canadian Legion at the Cochrane branch is hosting a traditional pancake breakfast at 9 a.m.

Royal LePage Integrity realtor Jim Messner has announced he will bring back the Cochrane Business Network after a two year absence.