Local News

Ryan Jordan Gibson, the man who pleaded guilty to killing Brandon Thomas while driving impaired, will be sentenced May 12. The 24-year-old Calgary man, along with Brandon’s friends and family, crowded into a Calgary courtroom April 16 for sentencing.

The ‘Elbow River Headwaters Flood Mitigations Proposals’ event was held at Redwood House April 16 and saw an impressive turnout of more than 80 Bragg Creek and area residents.

Wild Rose MP Blake Richards will officially be the Conservative Party nominee for in the next federal election in the newly-named federal riding of Banff-Airdrie.

The Hideout Pub wants to give weekend warriors something to laugh about. Owner Ronnie Knowles is gearing up to host a monthly stand-up comedy night at the local pub, beginning April 26.

In the shadow of a Beechcraft King Air twin-turboprop airplane in the hangar of the Central Aviation Inc., tensions rose between users of the Springbank Airport and the developer in charge of Harmony Developments April 14.

The first annual ‘Spring Poopapalooza’ is set for April 26 at the Cochrane off-leash dog park next to Spray Lake Sawmills Family Sports Centre, beginning at 9:30 a.m.

Cochrane RCMP continues to investigate after a masked intruder was noticed inside the Chief Chiniki Gas Bar on the Stoney Nakoda First Nation. Alarms alerted police to the break and enter at about 1:30 a.m., April 21. According to Cpl.

The two black small wind turbines that were enacted last summer in the new community of Riviera are on the verge of receiving the OK from town planning to remain standing tall for another year.

The smoke has cleared, but friends of the Eklund family wish to remind Cochranites that the battle is far from over for the cattle ranching family who lost their home to a Jan. 8 house fire.

Folk songman Steve Palmer will be the April 26 performer at Legacy Guitar and Coffee House. From his Moose Jaw stomping grounds, Palmer has been touting his Jan.