Local News

While the staff of the Cochrane and Area Humane Society (CAHS) is still reeling over the theft of a few hundred dollars worth of recyclables, the kindness of their supporters has provided a bright spot.

Locating a diamond in a pile of snow is just like, well, finding a needle in a haystack. Just ask Bill and Trish Gourley, and Brian Boynton who accomplished just that on Christmas Eve.

Cochrane pet owners who received their annual renewal letters in December for their animal licences should take note of a change being made this year.

Cochranites are no more than two clicks away from the information they desire with the Town of Cochrane’s new and improved website.

Newsstands across the country were dominated with headlines about the June flooding in Alberta. And here in Cochrane, it was no different. The Cochrane Eagle’s news story of the year for 2013 is: the Alberta flood.

A 51-year-old woman is dead as a result of a head-on collision that occurred south of Cochrane on Christmas Day.

Cochrane dog and cat owners may have noticed an additional form mailed to them in December, along with their reminder to pay their animal licensing fees by end of January.

Since their 2011 beginnings, Cochrane’s Chicago blues four-piece the Smoking Aces have grown their weekly rehearsals to some 40 gigs and a handful of festivals per annum.

Two Cochrane schools from the Rocky View School (RVS) division will be receiving five new modular (portable) classrooms this fall.

It may fall on a Tuesday night, but that doesn’t mean that Cochrane partygoers will be without a bash this New Year’s Eve. Before you put on your dancing shoes, check out this round up of celebratory parties happening at local watering holes.