Local News

Cochrane’s first official mayoral candidate has been announced. Local business owner and consultant David Smith is stepping up to the plate in hopes of creating positive change in Cochrane.

A small contingent from Cochrane’s Grand Avenue Pharmacy marched through Calgary on April 12 in response to the provincial government’s plan to reduce generic drug costs.

The deadline for the 2013 Spray Lake Sawmills RPS/Clearwater Scholarship is looming. So any Cochrane Grade 12 students wishing to land one of the two $1,500 scholarships should get their application submitted today (April 17).

Cochranites, get ready to bust out your mobile phones for Winter Photographics’ inaugural Phoneography exhibition and contest.

Environmentally-conscious citizens of Redwood Meadows will celebrate Earth Day again this year. A busy day of events is scheduled for the townsite’s hub, Redwood House, on April 21 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

A number of connections of Glenbow Elementary School will be rocking a new bald look following the school’s second annual Shave Your Lid for a Kid event and fundraiser April 19.

A Calgarian travelling troubadour, whose songs are routed in the people and places he visits across Canada, is confident in sticking to his roots.

With more than six years of battling cancer under her belt, it seemed fitting that Gaydon Willis addressed the crowd at King Solomon Lodge April 12 in an event hosted by Cochrane IDEAS. The topic: learning how to die well.

Following the recent resignation of its mayor and one of two councillors, Cremona has also now lost its chief administrative officer, Terry Lofstrom.

Patrick Striker Holloway, 24, was sentenced to eight years in prison for the murder of 35-year old Gino Bearspaw – found dead in a Morley residence Jan. 1, 2011.