Local News

When thieves targeted her neighbour’s Millarville-area home in 2010 a former MD of Foothills councillor didn’t think twice. Barb Castell stopped a break-in in progress while she was taking care of her vacationing neighbour’s house in January 2010.

Stoney Nation members residing in temporary parks as they await repairs and rebuilds of their flood-impacted homes will now move into the elder’s lodges located on the Nation.

The Greater Bragg Creek Historical Society (GBCHS) is looking for history buffs who would like to volunteer and learn more about the history of Bragg Creek and surrounding areas.

Wild Rose MP Blake Richards was appointed to the federal government’s House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance Jan. 28, and will play a role in Conservative Party’s efforts to balance its books in 2015.

Around 50 people turned out for the screening of A New Warrior for Hope — a short film cast with Stoney Nation members, directed by Jason Gondziola of ycmedia.

In 2009, Devin Goss did what a lot of people always wish they could do, follow their passion. Goss is a graduate of Cochrane High School and the cofounder of BluPlanet Recycling Inc.

On January 20, 2010, Barb Castell stopped a break-in in progress at her neighbour’s home in the Millarville area. Due to her strong sense of responsibility, Castell, a former M.D.

Last fall, 19-year-old Elisa Neven-Pugh decided to take some action to make a change in her community. She sent out an email hoping to bring awareness to the issue of accessibility in Cochrane, an issue she has had to deal with herself.

The name of a deceased 22-year-old man in Morley has yet to be released. Another 22-year-old man, Gabriel Lazarus Wesley of Stoney Nakoda Nation, has been charged with ‘Failure to Stop at Scene of Accident’ under Sec. 252 of the Criminal Code.

Alberta Health Services mobile cancer screening program will be returning to Cochrane Feb. 11 – 13. The Screen Test program provides a mobile mammography screening to women in rural and remote regions of Alberta with two mobile units.