Local News

With the tag line “It’s not what you think… It’s even better,” the Water Valley Community Association Charity and Stud Auction certainly piques curiosity. The 25th running of the auction is set to go down March 21 at the Water Valley Saloon.

A class action has been filed on behalf of some residents of Bragg Creek against Alberta Environment and Sustainable Resource Development (ESRD), claiming the smoke from wood burning in West Bragg Creek has caused a health hazard.

A consultant retained by Alberta Transportation told Rocky View County (RVC) council that the interchange at Highway 1 and Range Road 31 in Springbank would require upgrades in at least the next seven to 10 years.

Cochrane council approved a fire services agreement with Rocky View County (RVC) March 10, but not everyone is completely satisfied with new model.

The MD of Bighorn is seeking to designate the Morleyville Methodist Mission as the municipality’s first historic resource.

The approval of more than $5 million in funding has the Town of Cochrane officially ready to start working on a number of mitigation and erosion control projects planned for the Jumpingpound Creek and the Bow River.

The Alberta Institute for Wildlife Conservation (AIWC) will be celebrating its past at their “Call of the Wilds” 20th Anniversary Gala Celebration Held at the Red & White Club in Calgary, the fundraising event will get started at 5:30 p.m.

The family of the Grade 3 student who was strangled by a lanyard at Bearspaw School has launched a multi-million dollar lawsuit over the matter. Grant and Kamila Kitzul are suing for more that $15 million on behalf of their son Nicholas Kitzul.

The rolling fields and the sustainable mindset behind a Cochrane-area ranch has been caught on film as part of a web series released by Co-op and Canada Beef.

As LaVita Land, the developer in the Cochrane community of Fireside, continues to move toward the next stage of Phase Two Fireside development, the harvesting of one wetland, ‘Fireside Wetland #15’ began March 15.