Local News

Alberta Fish and Wildlife officers responded to a 911 call from a Bearspaw area woman reporting a grizzly bear in her backyard the morning of July 11.

Cochrane’s Grand Central Properties is dipping its feet into Red Deer’s commercial real estate market, forking out $40 million to purchase Stantec Executive Place.

Calling all community leaders - the Rotary Club of Cochrane wants you.

Councillor Jeff Toews, with the help of councillor Gaynor Levisky, will be presenting a notion of motion – a ‘community enhancement initiative’ – at the Aug. 11 council meeting. “During my first term, I was unhappy with a lot of things,” said Toews.

The Kananaskis Country Golf Course will get an $18 million facelift, one that will enable the 36-hole, flood-ravaged destination to reopen in the next two to three years.

Cochrane’s Grand Central Properties is dipping its feet into Red Deer’s commercial real estate market, forking out $40 million to purchase Stantec Executive Place.

A man in his 50s has died following a fall from a roof July 18. At roughly 12:20 p.m., Cochrane first responders, including RCMP and Fire Services, responded to 29 Cochrane Crescent where the man had suffered life-threatening injuries.

Nothing says summertime like a rodeo, live music and a country-dance – all of which you’ll find at Cochrane’s fifth annual SummerFest. The event will run July 26 and 27 at the Cochrane Lions Rodeo Grounds and will have events for the whole family.

Nothing says summertime like a rodeo, live music and a country-dance – all of which you’ll find at Cochrane’s fifth annual SummerFest. The event will run July 26 and 27 at the Cochrane Lions Rodeo Grounds and will have events for the whole family.

London was certainly calling for a local dance performance team. Snap Dance Studios’ performance team made its debut in the U.K. capital with a 10-day trip from June 28 – July 9.