Local News

The Cochrane Loves Local Gift Box is launching Nov. 20 at the Social Spot's Pop-Up Holiday Market and is sure to make shopping local this holiday season a lot easier, with more than $165 of goodies from local businesses inside.

“Child care is definitely one of our most expensive monthly expenditures,” said Crystal Bohn, a mother of four

The Rocky View Schools (RVS) board of trustees is requesting 18 new modular units from Alberta Education to address space utilization in Cochrane and Airdrie schools for the 2022-23 school year - including two for Mitford/Cochrane Christian School and four at Fireside School. 

The Cochrane and Area Humane Society (CAHS) announced in a Facebook post that the Wags and Whiskers Gala raised over $47,000 for the shelter.

The second annual First Responder Parade to collect donations for the Cochrane Activettes is coming to a neighbourhood near you. The parade will be hitting every neighbourhood in Cochrane sometime between the dates of Nov. 15 to Dec. 8 and 5 p.m.

The recently announced expansion of the Highway 1A/22 project to include four lane access from the interchange to Sunset Boulevard has many residents of the Sunset Ridge community excited, but not without a dose of concern.

Boys and girls teams will be pitted against a pool of other teams in Strathmore this weekend at South Central Zones

The Springbank Off-stream Reservoir (SR-1) flood protection project has entered the beginning stages of construction, following alleged voluntary agreements reached with local landowners to secure 100 per cent of the land needed for the project.

Domestic abuse survivor and recovering opioid addict Stacey Foley will speak about her “transformation and awakening"

The storm that flooded parts of southern British Columbia brought 90 km/h winds to Cochrane Tuesday