Local News

Following the death of Rocky View County (RVC) Coun. Al Sacuta earlier this year, RVC announced the open position for a Division 8 (Bearspaw) councillor. With three candidates running, county residents will be able to vote on Monday, Nov.

The Town of Cochrane is working to get girls moving this weekend. One-day activity workshops for boys and girls were scheduled Saturday at Manachaban School.

Rocky View Schools (RVS) in the Cochrane area, and throughout the school district, are recognizing Remembrance Day a day early with Nov. 10 ceremonies at their primary, middle and high schools.

The Cochrane Legion is inviting everyone to pay their respects to veterans and current service members during their Remembrance Day ceremony in town Nov. 11.

Different from a regular community sale, organizers say. Bragg Creek Artisans feel their 39th-annual Christmas sale offers something out of the ordinary.

How about some verbal snapshots of a new blue loo? Or a creative strategy for rescuing twin calves born at the bottom of a draw? Or the arrival of autumn and of new neighbours who speed down once-quiet country roads? Cochrane-area author Kathleen Smi

Those opposed to clear-cut logging in the Ghost watershed staged a protest along Highway 1A just west of Cochrane on Oct. 31.

Cochranite Anders Newman died late October during a hiking trip in B.C. The 18-year-old went camping with a group of six friends on Oct. 24 in Strathcona Park with the plan to spend the next day hiking. On Oct. 25 around 8:45 a.m.

In the past I’ve taken running for granted. It was so easy to lace up a pair of trainers, head out the front door and within two minutes be on the Cochrane pathways.

The All Saints Anglican Church will be hosting a Benefit Concert this Friday.