Local News

For one night forego the sporting gear and slip into something a little more fancy for the second annual Sport 4 Life Cochrane Volunteer Recognition Awards.

Investigators are still determining what caused a Springbank home to catch fire last week. Crews from Rocky View County Fire Services responded to Springbank Heights Drive around 4:30 p.m. April 4 after neighbours spotted the fire and dialed 911. Firefighters were on scene in about 10 minutes. According to Gary Barnett, Rocky View County Fire's district chief, the blaze originated in a small utility room at the back of the home's garage.

Alberta Emergency Alert has issued a spring runoff advisory April 4, indicating the potential of significant runoff due to snowmelt with the onset of spring and subsequent warmer weather.

One of Alberta’s most beloved and celebrated blues and jazz guitarists, Amos Garrett, will be returning to Legacy Guitar and Coffee House for an 8 p.m. show April 19.

Along with the Cochrane Eagle being the media sponsor, the Glenbow Ranch Park Foundation has named Riversong Cochrane as the title sponsor of the Run at the Ranch event, set to kick off July 19.

Shari Ulrich is a busy woman. In the midst of promoting her new album, Everywhere I Go, the songstress — a two-time Juno winner herself — was heading back to British Columbia before hitting the road for a three-day series of performances in Alberta.

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.