Local News

Closing out the season for the Cochrane Valley Folk Club (CVFC) is the four-piece Toronto collective, New Country Rehab. The roots-rockers will be taking the stage March 29 at 7:30 p.m.

Local employers continue to feel the burn by the lack of affordable rental housing in Cochrane.

Fire crews from Rocky View County and Cochrane battled a massive blaze that tore through a Bearspaw estate the afternoon of March 18. Emergency responders were alerted to the fire on Woodlands Estate Crescent by one of the homeowners at about 4 p.m.

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.