Local News

Legacy Children’s Foundation will be kicking off the annual instrument drive with their first-ever Open Mic Night at Cochrane Coffee Traders on Jan. 31.

Cochrane council addressed two land use bylaws during their Jan. 28 meeting. The first redesignated 29 existing residential lots on Heartland Way from high-density, multi-unit dwellings to single, detached.

The dog that bit a seven-year-old Cochrane boy on Jan. 12 has been euthanized.

For many, the message could not be clearer: Don’t drink and drive.

Cochrane RCMP said a woman who fell three metres from a window in her home on Jan. 20 is recovering in the hospital. Cochrane Emergency Medical Services and STARS were called to the home, located southwest of Cochrane, just before 4 p.m.

The countdown is on for the 2013 ATCO Gas Cochrane WinterFest. Cochranites — and their neighbours — should bundle up and head down to the Cochrane Lions Rodeo Park on Jan. 25-26 for the seasonal celebration, which features lots of wintertime fun.

The young Cochrane boy who suffered a dog bite to the face is well on his way to recovery, says his father. Tyler Benjamin — known as Tyler LeClaire — was attacked on Jan. 12 by a female pit bull owned by his sister’s boyfriend.

In an effort to engage residents, Town of Cochrane councillor Tara McFadden has taken to the web with the creation of her e-newsletter, aptly named Tara’s Council Updates.

Construction on a controversial shopping centre in Springbank could begin as soon as next fall if everything goes as planned.

Out with the old and in with the new, as they say. And there is a new saloon in town, setting up shop in the Railway Street address previously occupied by the Texas Gate Eatery and Saloon.