Local News

A former student of St. Timothy High School is one of two men missing near Canal Flats, B.C. Nicholas Hoefnagels, of Cochrane, and Stephen Thomson, from Canal Flats, were reported missing early on June 9.

A large crowd turned up at the Cochrane Alliance Church June 4 for an information session regarding the vision and changes behind the Persons with Developmental Disabilities (PDD) program.

Thirty-three First Nations and Metis students from Cochrane’s Glenbow Elementary School were honoured May 30 with a BMO Financial Group National Student Innovation Award.

A former Springbank High School student is experiencing a new culture and learning more about health services on an international level, while on a six-month trip in Georgetown, Guyana.

Rocky View County (RVC) has taken steps to reduce the cost of Fire Services, estimating the changes will save taxpayers approximately $4 million over the next three years.

When Mark Warmington gets on his bicycle June 22-23 for the Enbridge Ride to Conquer Cancer, it’ll be a journey coming full circle. Warmington has been touched personally by the disease. Four years ago he was diagnosed with colon cancer.

The schematic designs for the much-anticipated Aquatic Centre and Curling Club were presented to council June 10, and despite the rather hefty price tags, councillors were excited to see the projects coming to fruition.

Erin Braaten, Cochrane’s manager of financial services, presented the 2013 quarter one financial report to council, which included the actual 2012 budget operating surplus of $612,922.

My name is Liam Murphy and I am the Squadron Sergeant Major for the 2512 Kings Own Calgary Regiment Cadet Corps, Cochrane’s local army cadet corps, second in command of over 20 people. I’ve been to France, Belgium and Holland.

The recent discovery of a crayfish population near Airdrie has one local environmentalist expressing concerns about impacts to the Bow River trout population.