Local News

Cochrane RCMP are looking to the public for help locating a suspect who attempted to break into a residence on Oct. 12. Notifying police over a two-way alarm system, the homeowner contacted the RCMP at approximately 1:15 p.m.

The staff at Cochrane Home Treasures is hoping to see shoppers both new and old the week of Nov. 19-24.

Voting membership for the Mayor’s Youth Council has been established, and will include: the mayor or deputy mayor; a youth representative between 13-18 years of age from Cochrane’s high schools and/or middle schools; someone from the Cochrane Youth A

Three Cochrane firefighters recently returned from Africa after helping to construct an orphanage outside Gulu, Uganda. Departing on Aug. 29 and returning Sept.

Rocky View County (RVC) council approved the rezoning of a piece of land in the northwest area of the county near the Hamlet of Madden to accommodate a new golf course, boutique hotel and individual cabins.

Following a year of debate and controversy, Alberta Environment and Sustainable Resources Development (AESRD) has given the green light to Spray Lake Sawmills (SLS) to harvest in West Bragg Creek as part of the province’s FireSmart plan.

Artists helping artists. That’s the motto behind the Bragg Creek Artisans Association — a group more than three decades young and still going strong.

When Dylan Oosterveld, executive director of the Boys and Girls Club of Cochrane and Area, learned that his charity was the first Cochrane-based organization to be included by a new social networking-slash-fundraising site, Givyup.

In the wake of the recent suicide of 15-year-old Amanda Todd of Port Coquitlam, B.C., Wild Rose MP Blake Richards is urging Canadians to do more to address bullying and cyberbullying.

The annual Cochrane Lioness Christmas Market will take place Nov. 17 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at St. Andrew’s United Church.