Cochrane Observer has coverage of Cochrane, Ontario's town council, local affairs, and community events.
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The Cochrane and Suburban Planning Board will hold a public hearing on Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025, at 7 p.m. at Town Hall, 171 Fourth Avenue, Cochrane, to consider two consent applications (B2025-12 and B2025-13) to sever land in Brower Township. The applications, filed under Section 53 of Ontario’s
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Municipal offices in Cochrane will be closed Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2025, for Remembrance Day. The Corporation of the Town of Cochrane announced the closure in a Nov. 6 notice on its website. No additional details were provided.
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Cochrane council will consider a by-law at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2025, in Council Chambers at Town Hall, 171 Fourth Avenue, to stop up and close a portion of the unopened Railway Street road allowance and sell the land to the abutting owner at 1 Boisvert Crescent.
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The Cochrane and Suburban Planning Board approved a consent application from CGV Developments to convey land that will merge with 461 Eighth Street in Cochrane, following an Oct. 8, 2025 hearing. The conditional approval was issued under Section 53 of Ontario’s Planning Act, and the last day to appeal
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The Town of Cochrane’s Committee of Adjustment has approved a minor variance to permit a 76.03‑metre (249.44‑foot) lot frontage—below the 90‑metre (295.28‑foot) minimum—for a planned severance at 1141 Concession 2&3 in the Glackmeyer area. The last day to
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The Cochrane Fire Department will hold an open house Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2025, from 5:30 to 8 p.m. at the fire hall, 23 Fifth Street in Cochrane. Admission is free. The open house is part of Fire Prevention Week. This year’s theme is “Charge into Fire Safety
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Cochrane council will consider a bylaw at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025, in Council Chambers at Town Hall, 171 Fourth Avenue, to stop up and close parts of unopened road allowances and laneways and to sell about 1.40 hectares (3.45 acres) of municipal land, deemed surplus,
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The Town of Cochrane’s Committee of Adjustment will hold a public hearing on Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2025, at 6:30 p.m. at Town Hall, 171 Fourth Avenue, to consider Minor Variance Application A04-2025 for 1141 Concession 2&3. The application seeks to permit a minimum lot frontage
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Cochrane’s Committee of Adjustment will hold a public hearing at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2025, at Town Hall, 171 Fourth Avenue. According to a town notice dated Sept. 23, the hearing concerns a minor variance for 292 Tenth Street to permit a garbage enclosure with a
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The Cochrane and Suburban Planning Board will hold a public hearing on Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2025, at 7 p.m. at Town Hall, 171 Fourth Avenue, on an application to sever land at 1141 Concession 2&3 in Cochrane, according to a municipal notice dated Sept. 23. The hearing
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In a Sept. 19, 2025 notice, the Town of Cochrane said Concession 2&3 between Lillabelle Lake Road and Golf Course Road will close for work at the railway tracks, and no traffic will be allowed to cross the tracks during the closure. According to the notice, the closure
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The Town of Cochrane is accepting applications for a full-time receptionist in the Finance Department. Applications are due by Friday, September 26, 2025, at 3:00 p.m., according to the official job posting. The position is based in Cochrane, Ontario, with working hours from 8:30 a.m. to