Opinion

The polished concrete floor at our feet was showing signs of being walked all over and taken for granted. Bob Keon commented to me about its sad appearance. But I saw something heavenly. Bob and I were attending a reception at St.

As a Stoney Nakoda person, I want to highlight that which is positive in our community. Although I have stated that chief and council are paid too much, that is just my opinion.

I absolutely love this time of year. Our days are warmer and everyone is out enjoying everything Cochrane has to offer.

There’s an old saying that speaks of “standing on the shoulders of giants.” Well, there’s a giant in my own life on whose shoulders I’ve stood and experienced a truly beautiful view of life.

It’s 1960, the Cold War years. Giles is a gifted, though drunken public servant, he is gay, Russian-speaking and working as a spy with the Admiralty in London. He obtains a file and takes it home to review. It’s one he shouldn’t have.

Cochrane author Linda Anne Smith addresses a problem many face when personal authenticity is compromised by group membership. Terrifying Freedom, her first novel, is the story of a former nun’s struggle to re-embrace her true self.

One of our coffee companions, the elder statesman among Cochrane motorcyclists, just set out on a journey from which he will not return.

Wendy Vaughan has lived in the Cochrane area most of her life. Her parents, James C ‘Jim’ and Matilda ‘Tillie’ (maiden name Zuccolo) Richards, homesteaded land 30 miles west of Cochrane in 1936.