Local News

A biology project has been getting two Grade 11 students from Cochrane High School appreciation from the nurses and doctors of Foothills Medical Centre.

Police believe a pedestrian killed by a semi on the TransCanada Highway may have been tending to a vehicle that was parked roadside. A 54-year-old Calgary man was struck by a semi-trailer unit that was travelling westbound on Highway 1, said Cpl.

The Glenbow Ranch Park Foundation (GRPF) has a new employee, one who will go to bat for the park’s ecological projects.

The shooting of a dog tied to a fence on the Stoney Nation in nearby Morley last month has resulted in animal lovers taking note of the challenges faced by the feral and semi-feral dogs living on the Nation.

With National Volunteer Week just around the corner, the Town of Cochrane will be kicking things off with an event to thank the tireless volunteers who keep this town running.

The Glenbow Ranch Park Foundation (GRPF) was the recent recipient of a $10,000 grant from the Cochrane Foundation, which will be used to help purchase a new golf cart for educational tours.

Steeped in the traditions of rockers and searing ‘bluessmiths’ of eras past, the Mike MacKenzie band is a Calgary-based four piece rapidly making Cochrane’s BullHorn Saloon one of their favourite stomping grounds.

Closing out the season for the Cochrane Valley Folk Club (CVFC) is the four-piece Toronto collective, New Country Rehab. The roots-rockers will be taking the stage March 29 at 7:30 p.m.

Local employers continue to feel the burn by the lack of affordable rental housing in Cochrane.

Fire crews from Rocky View County and Cochrane battled a massive blaze that tore through a Bearspaw estate the afternoon of March 18. Emergency responders were alerted to the fire on Woodlands Estate Crescent by one of the homeowners at about 4 p.m.