Warm and neighbourly, with a nod to its western heritage, town west of Calgary shapes its future
Author of the article: Cindy Stephen • for the Calgary Herald
Publishing date: Jul 23, 2021 • 8 hours ago • 4 minute read • Drew Hyndman, general manager of development and community services for the Town of Cochrane, says keeping development in tune with the fabric of the town is the way for it to continue being a wonderful place to live. Photo by Christina Ryan /Postmedia
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The view from westbound Highway 1A on the downhill approach to Cochrane is nothing short of breathtaking.
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It’s a relatively flat drive west from Calgary until that dramatic descent into the Bow Valley. No matter what time of year, that bucolic scene of the river valley, the smattering of pleasant neighbourhoods and the Rocky Mountains beyond is a thing of beauty. That view has lured many a person away from the big city to the s
Fast alle konzentrieren sich auf wenige Nationalparks, dabei bietet Kanada faszinierende Landschaft im Überfluss. Hier sind Tipps für die, die mit der Natur allein sein wollen.
Posted: May 25, 2021 5:00 AM MT | Last Updated: May 25
Heavy machinery is used to unload logs from a truck at Spray Lake Sawmills in Cochrane, Alta. The company says it hasn t increased production in light of rising prices because it doesn t want to affect its annual harvest allocations. (Bryan Labby/CBC)
Visiting Spray Lake Sawmills in Cochrane, Alta., you d expect to see a chaotic scene with workers scrambling to churn out more and more two-by-fours and fence posts to take advantage of unprecedented lumber prices. But it s pretty much business as usual. It s steady as she goes, said Ed Kulcsar, the manager of the company s woodlands division, which oversees tree harvesting.