Coun. Ivan Davies

By Coun. Ivan Davies
What a wonderful town we live in. Despite some of the negativity we hear, our town is moving along well. We are making great strides at the Domtar site, and although we can’t always see it there is much going on to move it forward.

Ultimately, the Domtar site will change our downtown core and help to fill some of the shopping, and possibly, residential vacancies. In spite of years of frustrations over this site, (more…)

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Dear Editor:

I moved here almost six years ago. My first awareness of arts and culture in Cochrane was at the RancheHouse as our newly opened municipal building.

The warm and inviting welcome extended to all, including the Stoney Nation with their blessing prayer, drumming and dancing, was spectacular! (more…)

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Happy Trails

As all horse folks know, horses can get themselves into an interesting variety of scrapes.

It is our responsibility as horse owners to be prepared and know what to do in those situations when our horse shows up with a wound.

Wounds come in a variety of shapes and sizes and degrees of severity — it is up to you to deal with it appropriately. (more…)

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Arts centre consultants recently learned there’s a great deal of support for a new multi-purpose arts facility in Cochrane.

That’s according to director of projects for the Arts and Culture Foundation Cochrane, Brian FitzGerald, who said more than 80 people representing 54 local organizations attended some informational sessions hosted by Proscenium Architecture and Interiors. The Vancouver company was hired to put together a feasibility study to determine the viability of such a facility. (more…)

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A weekend crash has left one woman dead and another person with minor injuries.
On Feb. 20, Cochrane RCMP responded to the scene of a two-vehicle crash on Highway 22, about three kilometres north of Highway 8.

Investigators believe the crash happened around 6:30 p.m. when  the woman’s vehicle crossed the centre line and collided head on with a south bound semi-truck. (more…)

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In the Feb. 9 provincial budget, there was $6.1 billion budgeted for education — a $43 million increase from 2009.

Rocky View board chair Sylvia Eggerer said while Education Minister Dave Hancock has anticipated the increase in the number of students with this budget, the actual funding per student is not going up — and with the cost of living increases, the funding per student has decreased. (more…)

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Cochrane and District Community Foundation is ready to start sorting through grant proposals.

The foundation, which grants money to groups or individuals that “benefit the community as a whole,” received 37 applications this year and has $44,000 to give away — numbers that have both increased since last year. (more…)

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Responding to increasing population, Rocky View Schools’ trustees gave the green light to a ward boundary change that would see two trustees elected in quickly growing Airdrie.

All other wards including Bragg Creek and Springbank, Bearspaw and rural Cochrane, and the town of Cochrane will continue to have one elected representative. (more…)

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Generals win

The Cochrane Generals relied on steady leadership from their returning players to sweep aside the Three Hills Thrashers in the opening round of the Heritage League playoffs.

Generals captain Kurt Briggs, one of three returning defenders on this year’s team, led the way with 10 points in the three games. Briggs’ fellow returning blueliner Mike Cann picked up five points and veteran forward Jonny Pictin pitched in four goals (more…)

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