Opinion

I was driving back from Edmonton two weeks ago when I received a text. My sister Neisha sent a text indicating that Cochrane Café would be closing this month.

The beginning of a new year is a time of reflection on the past and future. It's also a time of celebration for what's done and coming.

My New Year’s resolution for 2016 was to “serve many more Cups of Light at Coffee with Warren.” But the fact is you, our coffee companions, were the ones who served me many more Cups of Light over the past year.

In November, mayor Ivan Brooker came to talk to the French Immersion students at Manachaban Middle School.

Most of us have a friend or relative who works as a teacher, a nurse, a building inspector or a law officer. Their salaries are paid from tax revenues – taxes we all pay.

Last week’s column on an Aboriginal artist’s reconnection with his cultural roots got me thinking about my rootedness in the meaning of Christmas – a lesson that was standing right before me in our garden.