Local News

Rocky View County Coun. Jerry Arshinoff continues to oppose the motion made by county administration to build a new administration building with a price tag of $32M.

Frankie Rainey knows a thing or two about teaching. The amiable, warm professor and pastor from Texas has been teaching for almost four decades of his 77 years – nine of that at Cochrane’s Canadian Southern Baptist Seminary & College.

Autumn Bernard is member of Cochrane High School’s 2015 graduating class, but unlike the rest of her fellow graduates, she’s earned top accolades in five subjects and has received three scholarships and bursaries.

Twice a week, Shannon Bell arrives at the Cochrane and Area Humane Society’s shelter at 7 a.m., greeted by her many four-legged friends, anxious to get out for a much-needed bathroom break or sniff of the morning air.

Thanks to funding from the Alberta Conservation Association, the Glenbow Ranch Park Foundation (GRPF) is able to offer fly-fishing classes for youth and adults.

Those in the market for a new Western pleasure horse will have a rare opportunity to attend a local horse auction next week.

Lindsay Firlotte is all smiles when asked about Easter Seals Camp Horizon. “It’s better than Disneyworld!” she exclaims.

Can’t shake that craving for creamery on a hot summer day? Look no further than the Eagle’s 2015 gold recipient for ‘Best Place to Feed a Sweet Tooth’ than to local sweet shoppe Sweet Temptations.

A Cochrane man who was cleared on all counts relating to alleged sexual abuse of three minor girls (his biological daughter and two stepdaughters) in December of 2013 is to be retried on charges of sexual abuse.

A collision June 9 east of Chestermere claimed the life of 17-year-old junior lacrosse player Jaydon Sommerfeld, who succumbed to his injuries at the Foothills Medical Centre in Calgary June 10.