Opinion

Ospreys in southwest Cochrane are drawing lots of attention again lately. I’d like to honour them by revisiting my column for Aug. 25, 2022 .

This week the Alberta government announced it would be transitioning more hospital and healthcare facility management away from AHS and toward Covenant Health.

“Glenbow Ranch Provincial Park is a natural treasure located so close to home.”

Ah, the joy of the journey! Just the other day, for example, our coffee companion Ernst Enns invited me to join him in a ride to the Bottrel area, a half-hour north of Cochrane.

As our readers are well aware, this weekend, Aug. 10-11, Cochrane’s Mount St. Francis Retreat Centre is celebrating its 75th Anniversary. Its theme will be Celebrate Sacred Space.

“Spending time on my knees, whether digging, planting, or weeding, keeps me close to God's earth as His partner in creation,” my wife Mary Anna says. “I put in my effort, and He takes over, causing the plants to germinate, grow and bloom.

Editor, The average working class family now is struggling to put food on the table and pay their mortgage. The current Town council has done nothing to address the affordable housing crisis.