Local News

An owner of a Cochrane-based taxi company is looking for answers after one of his drivers was slapped with a hefty ticket for picking up Cochrane passengers in Calgary in an effort to return them to their home.

With November earmarked as Financial Literacy Month, Junior Achievement of Southern Alberta (JASA) is getting into the spirit of things — bringing their money and business focused programming into Cochrane area schools.

Retired Sgt. John Cotton of the British Army 8th Kings Irish Hussars is living proof that a war he fought some 60 years ago never leaves the memory of anyone who survives combat.

Rocky View County’s (RVC) newly-elected council members were sworn in at the Organization Meeting held at the County Office Oct. 29.

For the second year running, the Friends of Mitford Education Society will be throwing its fundraising gala. This year, the students of Mitford School will be providing the entertainment for the aptly named Snowman Stomp Gala.

Should you come face to face with a 12-foot-high barbed wire snowman decorated in holiday lights, make no mistake about it: his name is Rusty and he is to immediately be returned to Brooks Tower, or any other member of the Cochrane and Area Events So

Bust out your dancing shoes and your finest attire — it’s almost time for the annual fireman’s ball to light up Cochrane. The 2013 Cochrane Firefighter Charity Ball is slated to run Nov. 23 at The Links of GlenEagles.

Following recommendations from Rocky View County’s (RVC) Oct. 12 Regional Recreation Board Meeting, RVC council unanimously approved funding for three projects at its regular meeting Oct. 29.

The Cochrane Legion will be hosting its annual Remembrance Day services this Nov. 11.

The Bragg Creek Community Centre will be bustling Nov. 11 for the hamlet’s annual Remembrance Day ceremony. “It’s so important for us to honour our veterans,” said Laura Matthews, special events coordinator for the Bragg Creek Community Association.