Opinion

What an inspiring pre-Christmas coffee visit I had recently with my German language mentor, Marlis McDouall.

Near the end of U.S. President Jimmy Carter’s bungling administration, his press secretary Jody Powell read the latest polls, ground his teeth and said, “Fire the people.” On her return from Paris, Premier St.

Dr. Andrew Park has been mentioned in some of my history stories as being the first resident doctor in Cochrane. When my curiosity about this man led me to research his story, I was amazed at all his accomplishments.

Over the years, I’ve played many sports, badly. As a lad in England, I was a huggable child. In today’s politically correct environment I would be known as fat. At school I was usually picked last for the soccer, rugby and cricket teams.

As delegates from around the world gathered in France last week for the Paris Climate Change Conference, others gathered in Calgary to address a necessary change in a different kind of climate: the climate of the human heart as reflected in the histo

Winter is here! Regardless of what the calendar says, we have snow on the ground, frozen water and nasty icy patches lurking in the shadows! Equine management in the winter brings its own set of challenges but proper preparation and planning can make

Since that fateful Friday the 13th in Paris, it won’t surprise any of you that nearly every coffee conversation I’ve had has turned to how we should respond to terrorism’s recent assaults on humanity.