Cpl. Jason Pasloske
A motorcyclist traveling near Morley was struck and seriously injured by falling debris July 23.
Cochrane RCMP believe a flatbed semi-truck transporting scrap metal was traveling eastbound on Highway 1A just east of Morley Road around 1 p.m. when a forklift arm was jarred loose and flew off into a group of motorcyclists on vacation from British Columbia.
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RCMP
A Morley women has died after being found floating face down July 20 in Ghost Lake, 20 kilometres west of Cochrane.
Cochrane RCMP responded to a report of a woman, identified as Bernadette Gail Saddleback, being pulled from the water unconscious around 7 p.m.
They arrived to find Saddleback’s husband and others attempting to resuscitate her. (more…)
RCMP
Charges are pending after a toddler was found locked in a van in the parking lot of the Stoney Nakoda Casino July 24.
Cochrane RCMP responded to a request for assistance at approximately 2:40 p.m. Upon arriving, they discovered a toddler who was covered in sweat and looked to be dehydrated.
Temperatures in the area were over 20 C at the time. (more…)
Cochrane Provincial Court
A week’s delay was requested in Cochrane Provincial Court July 22 on the matter concerning Chris Ball, a local teenager charged with mischief after a video of him jumping from a bridge onto a moving train surfaced online.
Patrick Fagan, a Calgary-based criminal defence lawyer who has been retained to represent Ball, told the court he and his client needed more time to plan their course of action. (more…)
Breast cancer walk
Cochranites walked hard to battle women’s cancers July 24-25, raising thousands for research in the process.
The Weekend to End Women’s Cancers, now in its sixth year, raised $2.7 million to benefit the Tom Baker Cancer Centre with the help of more than 1,100 walkers.
Teams walk either 60 kilometres over two days or 30 kilometres in one day. (more…)
Phil Trenholm
When the storm clouds form overhead, local farmers like Douglas McBain are left with little to do but hope for the best.
McBain, who has operated a barley farm south of Cremona for about 40 years, said he has felt particularly uneasy in recent weeks as planes were spotted spraying dispersant into the clouds directly over his crop.
Because of this, the (more…)
Zacahry Bueniting
This Heritage Day, a 30-year old Cochrane organization will be celebrating its 30th birthday.
The Stockmen’s Memorial Foundation has been preserving the history of western culture for the past three decades, and to mark the occasion its members are teaming up with the Town of Cochrane to host some special events at the Cochrane Ranche historic site’s on Aug. 2 from noon until 4 p.m. (more…)
Sean Washburn
A Cochrane man is currently biking across Canada along with a brother that he didn’t know he had until
recently.
Sean Washburn, who was adopted at birth, located his birth mom and her four other sons in 2003.
After meeting them in Ontario, he became particularly close with one brother, Jon Ross, and after spending vacations together (more…)
Dan Gossmann
To most, swimming in ice-cold water for nearly two kilometres, biking a 93-kilometre course littered with steep climbs and finishing off with a more than 21-kilometre run in the blazing heat is not the ideal way to spend a Sunday.
For Cochrane’s Wade Hardiman, this endurance test represented a change of lifestyle, and one he intends to
continue. (more…)
Emily Lamb
Saturday nights at the Cochrane Ranche continue to entertain local music lovers and foster the small, although mighty, musicians’ community in Cochrane.
So on the eve of July 31, the music series running all summer welcomes electronica, pop, R&B band The Pity Dates to the stage.
Even though this three-piece group jokes about (more…)
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