Local News

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.

Redwood Meadows’ newly elected town council selected Dr. Liz Erasmus to serve as the community’s new mayor Nov. 27, and building a positive relationship with Tsuu T’ina First Nation is first and foremost on her mind.

Local foodie haus the Cochrane CookHouse continues to promote health and wellness through a variety of cooking classes this January.

The permanent closure of the CP Rail crossing at Fourth Avenue is scheduled for the week of Jan. 20. Cochrane drivers can anticipate a change in traffic flow through the downtown core with the opening of the new crossing at Centre Avenue.