Local News

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.

It looks like Mitford Park will be getting a bit of a facelift, courtesy of the federal government’s Community Infrastructure Improvement Fund and the Lindsay Leigh Kimmett Memorial Foundation.

The Energy Resources Conservation Board (ERCB) has denied an application from energy company Bernum Petroleum to drill two new oil wells 4.7 kilometres east of Cochrane.

The Foothills Art Club will be hosting its annual Art Show and Sale this weekend at the Cochrane Curling Club. The free one-day event will be held April 13 from 10 a.m. and 4 p.m.

Until further decisions are made by Alberta Municipal Affairs regarding governance in the Village of Cremona, Mountain View County (MVC) and Cremona will continue to abide by their existing fire services agreement, officials say.