Opinion

Every spring town council and administration sits down and reviews the Town of Cochrane’s 10-Year Financial Plan. This is something we have been doing for the last four years.

My column for Jan. 8 referred to the beauty of frost images on a window as an example of teamwork among the various crystalline formations.

Weekly activities at Seniors on the Bow (SOTB) are up and running. Beginner snowshoe series runs from Jan. 9 to Feb. 4 and is an excellent way to enhance confidence and strength while enjoying the outdoors.

Recent headlines have been shouting, “Murder, torture, and terror!” Poverty, disrespect, insults, and social marginalization have too readily justified, in the minds of some, nightmares such as last week’s shooting of 12 cartoonists and staff at Pari

Like so many of you, I’ve had a lifelong fascination with images in the clouds – dogs, cats and other delightful creatures.

We’ve all passed by her at one point or another, but many wonder who the woman depicted in the Legacy Statue on Cochrane’s Main Street really is.

The year is coming to an end and what a year it has been. The first year for a new council is always a big learning year. Learning the mayor’s role was no exception.

One year ago, responding to a challenge from Cochrane reader Grayce Vanden Berg, I declared my New Year’s resolution as follows: “With your help, to embrace more fully a lifestyle of peace and goodwill in 2014.

Anniversaries are important, whether it’s a birthday, wedding, or the day you got your first bike. Today (Dec. 31) is significant to me for a number of reasons. This was the day, in 2003 when I met my wife Sue at a New Year’s Eve party.

It’s only two days till Christmas, and the province’s political leaders are snug in their beds enjoying the Holiday season comforted by the knowledge that Albertans are also busy with their families this time of year and will soon forget that the pol