Local News

In an effort to recognize Cochrane’s most loyal sport contributors, Sport 4 Life Cochrane, is accepting nominations for community volunteers for the organization’s first Volunteer Appreciation Night.

Looks like campers at Bragg Creek’s Easter Seals Camp Horizon will be getting a couple new sets of wheels. At the end of January, Canadian musician Avril Lavigne announced support for 10 Easter Seals programs, including Camp Horizon.

Now a quarter of the way there, Cochrane council members were provided an update on the 2013 Strategic Plan on Feb. 25.

An open house hosted by Spring Hill RV Park unveiled a number of proposed changes to the park, including plans for a car, semi-truck and RV wash.

The 2013 Cochrane and District Chamber of Commerce Trade Show has announced an all-star talent competition, and any amateur performers are invited to battle it out for bragging rights.

An upcoming training session has Cochrane Fire Services putting out a call for your old vehicles.

An 11-year-old girl will be pulling harp strings — and heart strings — during a fundraising concert to benefit the women and children of Africa’s Sierra Leone.

A Juno nominee is bringing his unique, honest brand of pop music to Bragg Creek in what promises to be an outstanding evening of entertainment.

Wildrose Party seniors’ issues critic Kerry Towle was at the Cochrane RancheHouse early March 2 for an informal discussion about the issues facing seniors and their caregivers in Alberta communities.

The provincial government is looking to municipal governments, like Cochrane’s town council, to provide feedback on what they would like to see changed in the Municipal Government Act (MGA), which is currently being reviewed.