Local News

Rocky View Schools (RVS) board of trustees approved an accommodation plan for Cochrane’s Glenbow Elementary and Mitford Middle School March 7.

Tyler (Benjamin) LeClaire is bravely continuing his long road to recovery following a dog attack earlier this year, and a March 23 fundraiser is being planned to help the family with health-related costs.

The man accused of killing 17-year-old Brandon Thomas in a drunk driving accident last December won’t be in court again until January 2014.

The Chicken Soup for the Soul book series is featuring a Cochrane author in its latest installment, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Parenthood.

Rocky View County (RVC) and the local firefighters’ union will have to wait two to six months before getting a final decision on a new contract agreement following a five-day arbitration.

On March 10, an interesting group of volunteers gathered at the Cochrane and District Agricultural Society. Their motivation: brains.

They luge, shotgun beer and are willing to travel.

Cochrane mayor Truper McBride put forward a notice of motion during council’s March 11 meeting to temporarily put a halt to Cochrane High School’s wind turbine project.

The theatre at the Cochrane RancheHouse will be transformed into Africa’s Pride Lands for a three-day run of The Lion King, a musical put on by a performing arts troupe at Bow Valley High School (BVHS).

The M.D. of Bighorn has come to an agreement to annex a parcel of land from Rocky View County (RVC), allowing for the completion of Township Road 252. Rob Ellis, director of planning services for Bighorn, said the M.D.