Local News

A six-year-old Cochrane girl has died following a two-vehicle collision on U.S. Highway 92 near Whitefish, Montana on Aug. 11. Six-year-old Krissy Lynn Shirlaw died at the scene according to Sheriff Chuck Curry of Flathead County Sheriff’s office.

Editors Note: For the month of August, The Rocky View Weekly (RVW) will be taking an investigative look at four major issues facing Rocky View County, leading up to October’s municipal election.

Darcy Dixon was re-elected as chief of the Stoney Nakoda First Nation’s Bearspaw band, Aug. 8, in a landslide victory. Dixon won about 70 per cent of votes from constituents in Morley, Eden Valley and Big Horn.

The summer months can be slow for smaller municipal councils but that doesn’t mean there aren’t issues that arise. Case in point, at the Aug.

The Town of Cochrane saw a slight increase in population according to the results of the 2013 Municipal Census. The second largest town in Alberta now is home to 18,750 residents.

Rural students may soon have buses to take to Catholic schools in Cochrane, after a unanimous vote by electors to create a separate school district. Nineteen votes were cast Aug.

Residents of Irricana can expect an increase in their utility bill come January 2014.

Michele Brown’s store was closed for over a month due to flood damage and she is concerned that tourists still think Bragg Creek and the Kananaskis’s Elbow Valley are still closed for business.

An Airdrie man has been charged with several child pornography related offenses and is being accused of allegedly convincing a nine-year-old American girl to make him sexually explicit videos.

The final phase at Genesis Place Recreational Centre, is nearly complete and the arena portion of Airdrie’s state of the art new complex is scheduled to open its doors to the public on Aug. 19. With a $20.