Local News

Primary Care Network, along with Alberta Health Services (AHS) and area family doctors, launched a new online service June 29 to help make it easier for Albertans to locate a physician in the Calgary area who is taking on new patients.

A June 27 collision involving two motor vehicles may result in impaired driving charges, while two males were still in hospital in critical condition as of June 29. At around 6:30 p.m.

CORRECTION: The Bucking Horse Futurity is Thursday, July 9, not on the Friday as previously indicated.

Bees – some find them annoying and others intriguing. If you’re in the latter camp, there’s a free workshop at the Water Valley Community Hall July 7 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

One of the NDP’s platforms from the recent provincial election is coming to fruition this fall, with a June 29 official announcement that the minimum wage in Alberta will move up $1 an hour by Oct. 1, 2015.

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.