Local News

Kevin Van Tighem spoke to approximately 100 people at Cochrane’s St. Andrew’s United Church March 16 about water, bears and the Alberta landscape.

If you travel for your stomach, the third annual Taste of Bragg Creek could be your next destination. With 21 vendors to choose from and tasting tickets available for $1.

Cochrane’s Mount St. Francis Retreat Centre has chosen Susan Campbell has its new director. Hailing from Edmonton, Campbell began her ministry at St. Francis of Assisi Parish in the city.

Entering its 26th year, the Water Valley Community Association Charity and Stud Auction will take place March 27, auctioning items from pool passes, to piano lessons, to professional services.

As the local Yamnuska Wolfdog Sanctuary continues to promote awareness and gain more momentum with their tours, locals and tourists alike can spend time with the rescued wolfdogs.

The Springbank Community Planning Association (SCPA) hosted a public meeting at Springbank High School March 2 to give residents of the area an opportunity to get more information about the proposed Springbank off-stream reservoir announced by the Pr

The uncertain nature of the upcoming provincial budget was a focus of the March 5 Rocky View Schools (RVS) board of trustees meeting, moving board members to identify budget priorities for 2015/16. As reported in the Feb.

A wildlife encounter on Highway 1A near Glendale Road has left Rocky View Regional Handibus with a rattled passenger and a permanently dead vehicle. On the afternoon of Nov.

Cochrane council was presented a draft of the Renewable Energy Framework (REF) March 9, which, if passed, would permit Cochrane High School (CHS) to erect a wind turbine, just not to the scale the school had originally planned.

Cochrane dog owners can anticipate another off-leash area in the future, as the town is beginning to look at possible space along the pipeline corridor — north of Quigley Drive and west of Hwy 22.