Local News

“Unless you’re dead or living in Edmonton” – to quote the man himself – you already know that Cochrane’s largest infrastructure project to date will be named in honour of Jack Tennant.

Rocky View Schools (RVS) will only be receiving seven portables (also called “modular classrooms”) for the 2019/2020 school year. RVS requested 39 portables from the Province in October of last year.

The 11 th annual World Religions Conference (WRC) is taking place at the Cochrane RancheHouse on Wednesday, April 10. The topic of the conference is “Universal Compassion – The Core Human Value.

The Cochrane Historical and Preservation Society (CHAPS) has estimated last week’s museum flooding caused $40,000 to $48,000 in damages.

SAIT is teaming up with Light Up The World (LUTW) once again to bring solar electricity systems to Peru. LUTW is a Calgary-based non-profit focused on bringing electricity to remote communities.

Two weeks ago at a Rotary meeting, three new members were inducted. It’s always a pleasure to see people take that first step on their Rotary journey.

Dutch photographer Wouter Roosenboom presented a collection of cycling photos, including his recent Cochrane shoots, at Half-Hitch Brewing Company last Friday. Roosenboom had been shooting in Cochrane from Tuesday to Saturday last week.

Four Fireside School students raised $300 from March 22 to March 23 for the Canadian Tire Jumpstart charity to help get kids into sports. “Everyone should get a chance to play sports,” said Bennett Humphreys one of the four students.

Soldiers across the country, and the world, are uniting as a result of lifelong impairments resulting from an anti-malarial drug widely administered for the last 25 years.

There are only a handful of tickets remaining for this year's Community Builders gala to honour one of Cochrane's own – Alex Baum.