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Letters to the Editor

What we need is unconditional love

What we need is unconditional love

Dear Pastor Carbert, Again I feel obliged to respond to your letter in the Eagle of June 23. In it you mention the cliff over which homosexual people will inevitably fall unless they see the error of their ways and change their lives.
Support second elevator at sports centre

Support second elevator at sports centre

There is an initiative currently in place to support the addition of a second elevator at the Spray Lake Sawmills Sports Centre which will support disabled people requiring access to the Seniors on the Bow Centre as well as parents with small childre
Pastor responds to critics of LGBTQ letter

Pastor responds to critics of LGBTQ letter

It would be irresponsible of me not to attempt to gently answer the reaction to my letter to the editor of May 5, 2016. I assure you that I have no “hate” in my heart for anybody. Anybody why knows me would probably testify that I love everybody.
Aquatic centre a looming storm of debt

Aquatic centre a looming storm of debt

Happy belated father’s day everyone! So, as I was lucky enough to be getting spoiled by my wife and playing a round at Glen Eagles I looked over and saw our Aqua centre being built.
Highway death tragic

Highway death tragic

This letter has been sent to the Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure, Brian Mason, Banff-Cochrane MLA Cam Westhead and all members of council for the Town of Cochrane. It is with great sadness and frustration that this letter is written.
Keep Ghost Public Lands clean

Keep Ghost Public Lands clean

On June 11, more than 50 community volunteers from Waiporous, Cochrane and Calgary, along with Enviros Wilderness School and Ghost River Rediscovery, descended on the Ghost Public Land Use Zone for the first "Great Ghost Clean Up.
Dandelion killer is poison to people too

Dandelion killer is poison to people too

The children's playground adjacent to our yard was sprayed for "pests," the sign says, on Thursday, and as of Sunday, a hot sunny day, we still can't be out in our own yard or have our east windows open because of the fumes and the poison.
Police are right to make Hells Angels uncomfortable

Police are right to make Hells Angels uncomfortable

Driving home to Cochrane from Calgary on May 29, I saw the large number of motorcyclists, and the more than 20 police cruisers in their midst. “Interesting,” I thought.
Logging protects us from fire

Logging protects us from fire

Wild Fires in Fort Mc Murray should make us thankful for logging in our foothills.
MLA wants to clarify the facts

MLA wants to clarify the facts

Mr. Vryheid's letter in last week's edition regarding modified operations of the Ghost Reservoir for flood mitigation contains many gross inaccuracies and false allegations, and I felt compelled to set the record straight on this important topic.
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