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CochraneNow: Cochrane, Alberta's latest news, sports, weather ...
CochraneNow is a news website that covers the latest news, sports, weather and community events in Cochrane, Alberta. Find out what's happening in your town, from school funding to well incidents, from awards to accidents, from concerts to cowboy events.
Rising domestic violence cases highlights need for awareness in ...
2 天之前 · In 2023, Cochrane RCMP members investigated nearly 900 incidents of family violence. Insp. Dave Brunner says that as part of Domestic Violence Awareness Month, their goal is to educate and inform the community about the harsh realities of domestic violence.
Canada’s unemployment rate holds steady at 6.5% in October, …
2 天之前 · Canada’s unemployment rate held steady at 6.5 per cent last month as hiring remained weak across the economy. Statistics Canada’s labour force survey on Friday said employment rose by a modest 15,000 jobs in October. Business, building and support services saw the largest gain in employment. Meanwhile, finance, insurance, real estate, rental and leasing experienced the largest decline ...
Cochrane seeks resident input for parks and recreation plan
2024年11月1日 · The Town of Cochrane is inviting residents to share their ideas for the future of parks, recreation, sports, and culture in the community. The Town is developing a new Parks, Culture & Active Living Master Plan and wants to ensure it aligns with residents' priorities. Director of Parks & Active Living, Michelle Delorme says they're trying to understand what types of infrastructure they should ...
Crossroads in sight for future of Cochrane transit
2024年10月9日 · The crossroads is in sight for the future of Cochrane transit. As early as Oct. 15, town council could indicate which road will lead transit into the future. They will be asked to choose from three high-level service and budget options or direct administration to return on Oct. 28 with a recommendation on transit service levels for 2025. The scenarios will include maintaining the contracted 64 ...
Cochrane receiving 13% raise from province
2024年10月8日 · The Town of Cochrane will receive an extra $580,920 in infrastructure capital funding from the provincial government in 2025. Today, Municipal Affairs minister Ric McIver announced all municipalities will receive 13 per cent more in Local Government Fiscal Framework (LGFF) funding than in 2024. Cochrane will receive $4,104,262 towards infrastructure projects, up from $3,523,342 this year. It ...
Team White looking a different result against Sweden
1 天前 · Team Canada White is looking for some redemption against Sweden in the semifinals of the U17 World Challenge. Team White, which includes Cochrane player Riley Boychuk, beat Finland yesterday, 4-2, to advance to the semifinals. Game time is 1:30 p.m. MST. Sweden beat Team White in a game that went into overtime to wrap up the preliminary round. Canada Team Red faces the US in the other ...
Cochrane faces -50°C wind chill in extreme cold alert
2024年1月11日 · Environment Canada has issued an extreme cold warnings for the Cochrane region, as a significant cold snap is expected to grip the province for several days. Persistent frigid conditions, characterized by prolonged periods of extremely cold temperatures and wind chills, persist. Today, temperatures are anticipated to remain near minus 30 degrees Celsius, coupled with wind chill values nearing ...
Growth exceeds expectation, fuelled by more homes
2024年1月16日 · Cochrane's growth exceeded expectations by a half per cent and to no one's surprise has been fuelled by more homes being constructed. Gail Butz, town manager of assessment and taxation, told council last night (Jan. 15) the town's property assessment grew by 4.2 per cent, higher than the predicted growth of 3.87 per cent.