Cochrane will be receiving 200 evacuees from Kashechewan starting Thursday April 20, 2017, as part of the precautionary flood evacuation taking place. The Town declared an emergency today to open the doors to host evacuees from the First Nation Community on the James Bay Coast.
As result of a proposed formula change to how municipalities share costs for social services in the Cochrane District, the effective provision of those services have been destabilized and placed at risk.
Lucky Cochranites got up close and personal with Canadian fishing personality Bob Izumi and James Smedley of Outdoors Photography.