Local News

Mountain View County councillors have defeated a motion calling for amendments to the 20-year fire capital plan to include a second rapid attack vehicle or wild land unit for the Cremona-Water Valley fire department.

The Town of Cochrane announced a Level 2 fire ban, citing the dry and windy weather conditions as a potential hazard.

Rocky View County (RVC) council approved a three per cent tax increase April 22, which is in line with council’s mandate to keep tax rates constant.

The Cochrane and District Community Foundation’s four-legged representative is off to a successful start to the 2014 cutting horse circuit.

The moratorium placed last week on the Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP) will affect all pending and future applications made by food services sector businesses.

With weather warming and the outdoors beckoning, more and more people and their four-legged friends can be found on Cochrane’s pathways and off-leash parks.

Located near Longview, Alta., Eden Valley is home to some 730-750 Stoney Nation members and was also impacted by the 2013 flood.

The final act of the 2013/14 Bragg Creek Performing Arts season will be boogie-woogie piano man, Michael Kaeshammer (pronounced case-hammer).

Cochrane RCMP has charged a resident of the Siksika Nation following investigation into the April 21 break-in at the Chief Chiniki Gas Bar on the Stoney Nakoda First Nation.

Students from Bow Valley High School (BVHS) are recruiting teams for the inaugural running of Hoops for Hope. The three-on-three basketball tournament is slated to get underway at BVHS at 2 p.m., May 9.