Local News

If you haven’t checked out the Parent Link Centre in Cochrane lately you’re missing out. The centre is a great resource for parents and families to connect.

Springbank Community High School (SCHS) is hosting Financial Literacy Week for its students beginning Feb. 23.

You want to retire? You need a plan. That’s where Jeff O’Rourke CPA, CGA comes in. As principal at Jeffery J. O’Rourke Professional Corporation, it’s his job to help secure your financial future. He has a plan to fit anyone’s needs.

A study commissioned by the landowners group known as DontDamnSpringbank “contradicts” previous estimates surrounding the Springbank Dry Dam (SR1) provided by the Alberta Government, according to spokesperson Lee Drewry.

Centrica Energy is contributing to Beaupre Community Association initiatives at Beaupre Hall. The energy company presented the association with a cheque Feb. 9 at the Wildcat Hills Gas Plant located west of Cochrane on Highway 1A.

Alberta RCMP are warning Albertans to beware of a scam in which taxpayers receive phone calls or emails from individuals claiming to be from the Canada Revenue Agency.

Join the Spray Lake Sawmills Family Sports Centre (SLSFSC) for Family Day festivities on Monday, Feb. 15, from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Families can join in on the fun with a Family Day pass for $15. The day starts at 10 a.m.

It’s been six months since Kari Murphy, a Cochrane resident, lost her son, Lamont, to a tragic mishap on the Cochrane train tracks. In the aftermath of this event, she has a call to action for the town: repair the chain-link fence along the tracks.

The first Syrian refuge family to move to Cochrane settled into their new townhouse on Feb. 9.

George Watson was a music teacher living in Water Valley when I met him in the 1970’s. He taught many people to play banjo, guitar and accordion, and my son was one of his students learning to play the guitar.