Local News

While social media platforms continued to be ablaze with frustrated Cochrane parents fighting early morning traffic on busy roadways, Cochrane schools and Rocky View Transportation continue to encourage parents to bus, rather than drive, their childr

It’s springtime, which means two things: kids playing outside more, and lots of young wildlife – fawns, bunnies, ducklings and pups – around the Cochrane area.

Mason Raymond told the Eagle that his fondest memory of playing hockey in Cochrane was when he and his team won the Novice A1 championship in 1995.

For the past nine years, Cochrane’s Dynastream Innovations has been a subsidiary of Garmin. But now, rebranding has become official – Garmin signs and logos are finally adorning their office front.

The annual Beaupre Artists’ Guild Show and Sale will be held June 20 and 21, at the Beaupre Community Hall located at 264257 Beaupre Creek Road (15 minutes west of Cochrane on Highway 40). It runs from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Restored education funding, along with funding for enrolment growth, are on the way for the 2015/16 school year, according to Alberta’s NDP government.

With low levels of precipitation continuing through the first half of June, the province has instructed TransAlta to fill Ghost Lake back up to 1,188 meters by this weekend.

Two subdivision applications were tabled by Rocky View County (RVC) council until further information is available regarding pipeline routing through the lands to transport stormwater drainage to the Bow River.

Cochrane town council approved an additional $4,097.50 from council’s promotional budget June 8 for this year’s community grant program recipients, bringing the total to $29,097.50.

Glenbow Elementary School will celebrate National Aboriginal Day a week early this Friday.