Opinion

When I heard that the McDougall Church had burned down, my immediate thought was that the Stoney people, not an individual would be blamed. The racist person will want to hold my three-year-old niece responsible for the actions of others.

Toward the end of this week – Fri., June 9, 7:09 AM Cochrane time, to be exact – we will be treated to a full moon in the middle of Ramadan.

It’s time for mayor and council to seriously rethink our approach to residential development.

Building community - that’s what you, our coffee companions, are all about in these columns, and that resulted recently in an unexpected honour. It’s also about the 90th birthday celebration of a very special lady in the life of my family.

At 6 p.m. on May 27. I was at the start line of the Confederation 150km ultra, which was one of the events taking place during this year’s Scotiabank Calgary Marathon.

Last week’s column celebrated the arrival of spring in Cochrane in all its floral glory. One of the photos I included was my May 12 shot of the promise-filled pink buds on our backyard apple tree.