Local News

With Alberta’s population increasingly aging over the last few decades, care and services available for seniors is an important topic of conversation.

Housing is going to the dogs. The Cochrane & Area Humane Society (CAHS) received five new doghouses from the First Girl Guides Cochrane group on April 8.

A Bearspaw resident wants the community of Cochrane to know how lucky it is to be getting warm water therapy pool.

Without KidSport Curtis Scott says he might never have laced up the skates to play hockey. “My family has always struggled a bit with getting me into hockey, and it’s something I’ve always wanted to do,” he said.

After six years of discussion the Town of Cochrane is moving forward on its plans for a new community cultural hub. “We are in the initial planning stages,” said Suzanne Gadia, senior manager for community services with the town.

While reaction to the NDP’s first provincial budget is mixed in the public domain, elected community leaders are praising it for ensuring stable funding for schools and municipalities.

Some Springbank Community High School students and staff just returned from the school’s first field trip to Japan.

Two people have been killed and five others are injured following a single-vehicle rollover at the weigh scales on the Trans-Canada Highway near Hermitage Road on April 20.

The Stop Bully Organization is hosting second annual charity fundraiser Keep it in the Ring II at the Texas Gate Bar & Grill on April 19.

One man is celebrating a lifetime spent in this ever-changing town. As of this year, Gordon Davies will have spent 75 years, his entire life, living in Cochrane.