Brought to you by the Cochrane Valley Folk Club, a powerful trio bending the ears of their audience with a hearty fusion of acoustic and electrified blues, folk, jazz and roots music is coming to town.
Juno award-winning front man, Lester Quitzau, is a heavyweight guitar player and vocalist who brings a level of skill and experience to the stage that can only be brought through time, (more…)
Wee Jackie Weighs In
We have a hidden gem in our community that just goes about its business of entertaining folks and telling the world about this great community of Cochrane.
It gets no government funding. Every single member of the group is a volunteer, and they perform and carry the message of Cochrane simply because they want to.
They receive no money from the Town of Cochrane.
As police investigated an accident on Jan. 23, they suddenly found themselves involved in a collision.
Police and Alberta Sheriffs were investigating a collision on Highway 1A, near Highway 40, and had their vehicles parked on the north shoulder of the westbound lane with emergency lights flashing.
Earle Connor, a two-time gold medal winner at the Paralympic Games in Sydney and Beijing, speaks to students at Glenbow Elementary School Jan. 20, the same day the Olympic torch passed through town. The champion has turned his sights on food coaching — his new venture, Simply For Life, opens in Cochrane Feb. 1. Photo submitted
By Kate Millar
Special to the Eagle
My daughter, Tamara Palinka, arrived in Miami Jan. 24 and she flew into Port-au-Prince Jan. 25 with an organization called Medi-Share.
This chartered flight transported volunteers, medical equipment and supplies. She will be affiliated with Doctors Without Borders, and staying in their tented camp on a cot.
Bragg Creek seniors are pleading with Rocky View County for an area that offers long-term leases on fixed-rent housing so they may remain in their community well into their golden years.
At the Jan. 19 Public Services Committee meeting, members of the Bragg Creek Seniors Housing Society (BCSHS) explained to members that they were distressed that there were so few housing options available to seniors in the tiny hamlet.
“Over the years I’ve seen many of my senior friends have to leave,” said Sharon Bayer.
The Studio MC Performance team, a group of 20 dancers between nine and 17 years old, will perform five shows in Playa del Carmen, Mexico, in February. (more…)
Rocky View County administration wants council to approve the preparation of a bylaw that would allow a specified use of a wastewater treatment facility.
The site is on a portion of a 139-acre environmental reserve adjacent to Wintergreen Road.
Police are continuing to investigate a two-vehicle crash that left a Cochrane man dead.
The collision took place Jan. 24 on Highway 1A, about four kilometers west of Cochrane, near Horse Creek Road. (more…)
By Mayor Truper McBride
The Town of Cochrane will soon be creating an open space development plan for our municipality. This document will lay out how and where natural areas will be protected or restored, or where parks and pathways will be developed in the community as we grow.
The plan will place a strong emphasis on connecting Cochrane into the broader regional park systems of the Glenbow Ranch, Bill Hill Springs, and the Trans Canada Trail.
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