Local News

In a town with “one of the busiest detachments” in Southern Alberta, a volunteer group described as the “eyes and ears” of the RCMP is seeking more members.

Orange tarps were removed this week to provide a glimpse into the new multi-sport complex that is phase one of the long-awaited addition to the Spray Lake Sawmills Family Sports Centre (SLSFSC), which was handed over to the town this past week.

The Cochrane and Area Humane Society (CAHS) received a donation of more than $11,000 from The Cat House Inc. specialty pet store on Friday.

St. Timothy students left the inaugural Be Brave Calgary Hitmen game feeling “inspired” and “overwhelmed.

Education critic Leela Aheer spoke to a crowd of roughly 20 on the Wildrose’s concerns with the NDP’s curriculum review and the push by special interest groups to cease funding to independent schools.

Less than two weeks following the untimely loss of her husband, Emilie Trickett is adjusting to her new normal with her two-and-a-half-year-old son, Austin, who will only know the memory of his doting father.

The Spring Art & Craft Market is coming to Cochrane March 11.

A unanimous vote striking down an urban hen pilot left ruffled feathers and a pledge that town council would not see the last of the Canadian Liberated Urban Chicken Klub (CLUCK) Cochrane chapter.

Council gave the nod to implement a cost estimate development to all capital projects more than $250,000.

Council, with the exception of Coun. Morgan Nagel, gave the green light to update the town’s smoking bylaw to include no smoking on town-owned lands that are used for recreation.