Local News

As the fundraising campaign ‘Rock the Waves’ approaches its halfway mark — sitting at a little over $4.4M of the $10.6M goal — the town announced this week that construction of the aquatic/curling and multi-sport project would begin March 23.

Working in conjunction with the Town of Cochrane, Apex Builder Group and Excel Homes presented a new Stage 1 and Stage 2 area structure plan (ASP) for the Heartland community to council March 9.

Cochrane RCMP and Rocky View Fire responded to a call around 3 p.m March 9 of a grass fire in the community of Bearspaw. A male individual was reported to have been burning papers due to a broken paper shredder.

Ron Casey was acclaimed last week as the PC candidate for the Banff-Cochrane riding for the next provincial election. Casey had previously told the Eagle he was hopeful this would be the case, as ‘one term is just not enough time’.

Cochrane Family and Community Support Services (FCSS) staff will be leading a focus group on accessibility issues within the Town of Cochrane. The event takes place at Frank Wills Memorial Hall, located at 405 First Street East, March 18 from 10 a.m.

Cochrane’s COBS Bread is still looking for potential charities to participate in its donation program.

St. Patrick’s Day – that time of year when everyone wears green, drinks green beer and show their love of all things Irish.

An incident that took place last week during the morning Southland school bus route in the community of Riversong has resulted in an apology to parents and action taken by Southland Transportation.

The ‘Concerned Citizens of Bottrel/Water Valley' group, which was officially formed over a month ago in response to being notified of an application for an industrial aggregate extraction operation in the area, will be holding another public meeting

The new Glenbow Ranch Area Structure Plan (GRASP) is one step closer to creation after Rocky View County (RVC) council adopted the Terms of Reference Feb. 24.