February 2016

Registration for Cochrane’s 17th Annual Footstock running event is now open and if you need to get tuned up for this race, read on.

The Cochrane Red Rock Runners are organizing a clinic that will run for 11 weeks leading up to Footstock which is slated for June 4 and 5 in Cochrane.  The clinics are being organized by Peter McBreen, a running coach and former track and field coach in Great Britain.

The first clinic is scheduled for Wednesday, March 23 beginning at 6:30 pm. Clinics will run three times weekly with different runs each night.  This clinic is suitable for all runners, young and old. Those who are already running or runners who are just looking to improve their personal best times can sign up for a six-week clinic.

The 11-week version

Good news for families in Cochrane.  The wait is over. There are now five doctors currently accepting new patients in Cochrane at three clinics in town.

For a long time, even as recently as last year, residents were concerned about the lack of available family doctors in Cochrane.  Some families in Cochrane sought medical care on the north western edge of Calgary, but would rather stay in town with a general practitioner.

Developers and realtors in Cochrane heard first-hand from potential buyers who were thinking of purchasing a new home in Cochrane but were dismayed over the shortage of family doctors.

Thanks to the efforts of the local Primary Care Network and Alberta Health Services, new family doctors have been lured to Cochrane to establish