Local News

The Cochrane and District Chamber of Commerce held its annual general meeting March 25, bringing forth ideas to help nurture local businesses in the upcoming year.

Doug and Shannon Chapman believe children are our future, and that’s why they’re excited to be opening their new art franchise in Bow Ridge.

For those who lust after soul-kissed guitar links and the fusion of blues, swing, gospel, folk and country, Edmonton’s Front Porch Revue are setting up to take the Legacy Guitar and Coffee House stage April 11.

A portion of River Heights Drive is expected to be closed in the near future so that the road can be widened, as the Town of Cochrane has determined there is a surplus of land in the road’s right-of-way.

Organizers for the annual spring Helping Hands Food Drive are hoping to match the fall drive in collecting non-perishable food items and cash donations for the Cochrane Activettes Food Bank this April 12.

Rocky View Schools (RVS) Division’s Board of Trustees approved the division’s Three Year Capital Plan March 20.

It’s the final call to nominate someone for the Cochrane Community Awards.

What began as a reward system and story time tradition to get his young son into a better bedtime pattern has evolved into a children’s book, complete with a box set.

At only 23, Edmonton singer/songwriter Joe Nolan opens up to release a sound filled with a raw, mature energy revealing songs encased in mystery and exposing growing audiences to his roots sounds.

Three Calgary skiers are lucky to be alive after they were buried by an avalanche on Hero’s Knob near Mount Murray, March 30 in K-Country. The three were among a group of six male skiers involved in a skier-triggered avalanche at about 1:30 p.m.