Opinion

In view of the current importance of innovation in our always-creative foothills community, I’d like to revisit this topic first addressed by my older son Reg Harbeck , an Information Technology professional, in my July 18, 2019 column.

As frustrating as the current state of the world is at this time, poised between the fires of war and the poisoned needles of fascism, is it difficult to find the language, (without using curse words that is), to express the difficult reality humanit

A revised framework could possibly bring about needed changes, but an expensive and time-consuming overhaul isn’t necessary to do so. 

I first met Gary James Smith at the Cochrane Outhouse Races in 2007. I’m looking forward to meeting him again.

Since this past spring, my wife Mary Anna has had the custom of concluding our lunches together in a totally engaging way.

We need your help as a community.

We have three coffee companions who truly are globetrotters. Literally! Burt Boucock, Marisa Croft and Lesley Neaves are siblings, the children of Cochranites Bill and (the late) Judi Boucock.

On September 19 , I finished teaching my first course with “Classrooms Without Walls.”

As we enter the post-Halloween season of Remembrance, we hope all our readers are taking time to put on a poppy and think about the contributions of our veterans to the society we enjoy today.

The current scene of racially and ethnically motivated conflict around the world has prompted me to revisit my Aug. 24, 2017 column on two humanity-saving lessons I’ve learned from Stoney Nakoda First Nations elders at Morley over the years.