Local News

This weekend, check out the Arts and Culture Foundation of Cochrane’s (ACFC) three-day art festival, a weekend of music, performance and visual artistry.

The Cochrane and District Chamber of Commerce welcomed the town’s three mayoral candidates, kicking off debate season for the upcoming municipal election.

About 165 students will be hitting the back roads of Rocky View County, walking more than 10 kilometres to raise money for Westbrook School. The K-8 school students will hit the pavement — or the dirt — Sept.

Attention Cochrane and area students: the Rotary Club of Cochrane is on the hunt for applicants for their annual student exchange program. Typically, students between the ages of 16-18 are considered for the program.

A pair of University of Alberta students have embarked on a documentary film series – AlbertaVoices – in an effort to tell the stories of Albertans, some north of Cochrane, who say they have experienced adverse effects from hydraulic fracturing.

Fans of the band Sloan should start sifting through the backs of their closets to fetch their favourite pair of Converse sneeks and Levis, as the still-popular Toronto-based power-pop-rock group will be taking the Bragg Creek Centre stage Sept.

The Government of Alberta pledged $9.

Changes have been made in regards to the realignment of Riverview Pathway following an open house session and walkabout between residents, the Town of Cochrane and the landscape architecture firm handling the pathway project.

Candidates for the Town of Cochrane, Rocky View County (RVC) and Rocky View Schools (RVS) are now set in stone for the Oct. 21 election.

A Cochrane-based children and youth program will be launching a new program this fall that aims to support the development of those teaching physical skills to local children.