Opinion

My husband has a little saying that he brings up whenever discussions involve “incidents” with horses – he says, “When you are involved with horses, it is not ‘if’ you are going to have an accident, but ‘when’ you are going to have an accident.

Alberta’s new NDP government has made its first official move: to ban corporate and union donations to political parties. I am very excited to see this change coming to our province and I hope it carries through to Cochrane’s town council.

Are you there, God? It’s me, Janice.

According to critics of Pope Francis’s recent encyclical on the care of our common home, Mother Earth, religion has no business sticking its nose into environmental issues. Leave such matters to science and politics, they say. I firmly disagree.

Seniors on the Bow (SOTB) will wrap up in June and here are a few reminders: Monday movie matinees will feature Selma June 22 at 1:15 p.m.

This past Sunday (June 14) was another terrific Footstock event in Cochrane.

This week's column is my Father's Day gift from our sons. Reg (50), a computer professional/writer, lives in Ft. Langley, BC; James (47), a linguist/writer/editor, lives in Toronto.