Local News

The Cochrane Music Society (CMS) will be bringing the sounds of the season to Cochrane with its annual Christmas concert Dec. 16.

Santa Claus is coming to town once again, with a little help from the Cochrane Fire Department. On Dec. 24 starting at 2 p.m.

Austin Bender is a Grade 12 student at Springbank Community High School, and like many students his age, he isn’t 100 per cent sure what he wants to do after graduating.

Cochrane’s young singing talent will be providing musical cheer this holiday season with the annual Cochrane Young Singers Christmas Concert.

The Rock the Waves (pool/curling centre) campaign unveiled its naming sponsor for the planned curling centre during council Dec. 8. PBA Land Development, in conjunction with Philco Farms, presented a cheque for $1.35M to the campaign.

Advance polls for the Wesley and Chiniki band elections were held at the Stoney Tribal Administration (STA) building Dec. 2.

With the freezing cold weather and the holiday season just kicking into high gear, it may seem difficult to start thinking about spring.

Holiday spirit will be rolling into town full steam ahead with the Canadian Pacific (CP) Holiday Train.

A proposed Code of Conduct policy put forward “to help preserve respect and decorum” between Rocky View County (RVC) councillors was rejected Nov. 25.

If one were to apply a theme to this year’s budget deliberations it would certainly be council’s desire to address what some view as a speeding epidemic in Cochrane. Council held its 2015 budget discussion Nov.