Local News

Ken Hughes launched his website albertaleadership.com March 24 to engage Albertans in a dialogue as to whether or not he’s the right fit to become the next PC leader and possible premier.

The recent backlash from the media, advocacy groups and the Wildrose Party over Alberta’s current math curriculum, labeled ‘discovery math’, has cast a questionable shadow over the coming entire curriculum overhaul slated for March 2016.

Whether you’re apt to throwing strikes, spares or gutter balls, the Big Brothers Big Sisters (BBBS) Bowl for Kids’ Sake fundraising event has set a high goal for its inaugural running in Cochrane.

The healing power of music will be on display in Cochrane tomorrow night, as the warm tones of Michael Averill ring out in support of the Alberta Children’s Hospital. The benefit performance is set to run March 28 at Legacy Guitar and Coffee House.

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.