Opinion

It was an honour and pleasure for me to meet Hazel Walker, a remarkable lady who celebrated her 100th birthday at the Bethany Care Centre in Cochrane Feb. 4.

Dragons are the embodiment of fantasy. Mythical creatures flourish in today’s book world, but dragons seem to be the pinnacle of contemporary fantasy, embodying with their wings, scales and breath of fire, all of our apprehension and fascination.

Some years ago when I was feeling a bit lost in life’s wilderness, my Stoney Nakoda photographer/philosopher friend, the late Gerald Kaquitts, came to my rescue.

Waste management is one of the key elements contributing to having a healthy horse.

Smudging ashes? On strangers’ foreheads? On street corners in downtown Calgary? Our coffee companion Kristian Wold had my attention as we visited together earlier this week at Coffee Traders. Kristian and his family moved to Cochrane two years ago.

Last week’s memory-lane column on George Rogers and the North-West Mounted Police, with allusions to that old-time radio program about Sergeant Preston of the NWMP and his wonder-dog Yukon King, sure drew some great responses.

Suicide pacts. Medical ethics. Children conceived to provide bone marrow for siblings. Bestselling author Jodi Picoult’s previous novels are centered on a plethora of fascinating topics that are usually controversial in nature.

A couple of reminders for the end of February: The intergenerational program will run Tuesdays and Thursdays at 2:15 p.m. for a few weeks. This program provides for seniors and students at St.