Local News

Rocky View County (RVC) council approved the 2015 base budget Dec. 10, setting county operational spending at just over $109 million and capital spending at a little above $30 million and a property tax increase of three per cent.

Cochrane’s Kyle Peters said he’s lucky to be alive after being hit by an alleged impaired driver on his way home Dec. 7.

If you are still doing some last minute Christmas shopping and are looking for a unique gift, the Glenbow Ranch Park Foundation (GRPF) may have just the item you are looking for.

When Town of Cochrane officials were looking for some unique artwork for their Holiday cards, they went to a very special local source.

Last year, the Eagle ran a story on a lower Benchlands resident who was displaced by the June 20, 2013 flood.

Canadian folk legend Valdy (Valdemar Horsdal) has been called ‘a man with 1,000 friends’ – not an exaggeration for a musician who has been part of the Canadian music scene for over three decades.

This Holiday season a Bragg Creek animal lover and small business owner is once again asking her community to help feed hungry dogs.

Bragg Creek is home to Derby, a pretty special and very decorated bull. Derby is the undefeated Canadian National Grand Champion Limousin bull for the second year in a row and is from Highland Stock Farms in Bragg Creek.

The Cochrane Eagle fully intended to write (and did write) a story on the mock council session that took place Dec. 5 in Cochrane’s council chambers with English and French students from Manachaban Middle School.

Cochrane High School (CHS) Sustainability Committee students, under the guidance of science teacher Stephanie Bennett, delivered a presentation on the history of their proposed wind turbine project to council Dec. 8.