Local News

The sixth annual Kimmett Cup is right around the corner, running at Mitford Pond and the Spray Lake Sawmills (SLS) Family Sports Centre Jan. 17-18.

Alberta Environment and Sustainable Resource Development (ESRD) are praising concerned Bragg Creek residents for their local stewardship, after reporting the presence of logging trucks on the hamlet’s public roadways. Beginning Jan.

Influenza vaccines are no longer available in the Calgary zone — including Cochrane — due to the thousands who rushed to immunization clinics after hearing news of dwindling stock.

On Jan. 8, shortly after 6 p.m., Cochrane, Rocky View and Redwood Meadows Fire Services were called to the LJ Ranch on Towers Trail, just south of Cochrane to find a home fully engulfed in flames.

Cochrane RCMP had their hands full Jan. 11, as a pair of moose wandered the streets of Cochrane’s East End community.

With Cochrane experiencing record growth during the past few years, preparing for that growth continues to be priority number one for the Town of Cochrane’s planning department.

Dubbed by the Cochrane and Area Events Society (CAES) as ‘the coolest weekend of the year’, the annual ATCO Gas Cochrane WinterFest is but a pony ride, sled pull and ice skate away.

Whether its running 250 marathons in a year, or climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro, Martin Parnell is a man who’s always pushing himself to test his limitations, set records and tops lists.

The sixth annual Kimmett Cup, set to take place at Mitford Pond and the Spray Lake Sawmills (SLS) Centre Jan. 17-18, is still in search of volunteers and donations.

After performing more than a 100 shows a year, Newfoundland native-turned-Calgarian Gregg Bolger finally has an album to call his own.