Opinion

How does it make you feel when you hear musicians out of tune or rhythm with the rest of the musical group of which they are part? For me, that experience calls to mind that painting by the Norwegian Expressionist artist, Edvard Munch: The Scream.

Cochrane’s Good Friday Walk of the Cross last week drew an amazing turnout from the entire community.

The words by the former slave trader, John Newton, traverse the seas of time and echo off untold hearts: “Amazing grace – how sweet the sound – / That saved a wretch like me! / I once was lost but now am found, / Was blind but now I see.

Last Friday was a great day for Cochrane and the region as a whole. We have been pushing for upgrades to the Highway 1A and 22 intersection for years and the announcement finally arrived.

Many of our coffee companions raised my hopes for humanity with your responses to last week’s column on anti-Semitism and Islamophobia in our society. I’ve chosen to feature two of those responses this week, both from Cochrane readers.

How cool is this? It’s the way my parents raised us as well and I hope my kids still open the door for others, give a seat to someone older, or pregnant or in need of a seat and remove their hat as a sign of respect: “So today I was in a funeral proc