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Choose your words carefully

Choose your words carefully

I recently read somewhere that teenagers do not have a fully developed ability to feel empathy. Basically, they’re little self-absorbed spawns (for the most part) until they realize the world doesn’t revolve around them.
Hanson Bearspaw was like a grandfather to photographer

Hanson Bearspaw was like a grandfather to photographer

Members of his Stoney Nakoda First Nation at Morley knew him as a community leader and a very humourous storyteller. Unlucky bull riders knew him as a rodeo clown who protected them from angry hooves and horns.
Cochrane's farming landscape has gone through change

Cochrane's farming landscape has gone through change

The one thing constant in this world is change. Cochrane has seen more than its fair share of change, even though we cherish our history and try to keep the past alive.
Social media overload could be an issue

Social media overload could be an issue

I may not be a candidate for a show as creepy as My Strange Addiction, but suffice to say, I have joined the ranks of iPhone addicts. My compulsive email-Facebook-Twitter addiction has officially infiltrated nearly every aspect of my life.
Sitting Wind links Morley artist and Boston bluegrass fan

Sitting Wind links Morley artist and Boston bluegrass fan

“Who has seen the wind?” asks Canadian writer W.O. Mitchell in his 1947 novel. That was also the question on Cochrane expressive arts therapist Dara Dines’ mind over coffee the other day.
NHL deal day

NHL deal day

The National Hockey League has a new face now thanks to the trade deadline that saw plenty of the league’s super stars moving cities. The first big trade was a night before the March 5 deadline.
Readers see wisdom of grandparents in Rollinmud painting

Readers see wisdom of grandparents in Rollinmud painting

Last week’s column featured Morley artist Roland Rollinmud and his recent painting, “The Spirit of the Bow and Arrow,” a tribute to the inspiration of his grandfather John Hunter in his life.
A little privacy please

A little privacy please

Submerging into a pool of warm water would certainly be quite therapeutic at the present time, especially considering the frigid weather Cochranites have endured this winter…but at what cost? The Warm Water Therapy Pool Society informed council last
Returning home for Coastal Quest 630

Returning home for Coastal Quest 630

On Feb. 28, I was up early to a wet and windy English morning. First call of business was an interview with David White at BBC Radio Cornwall.
Let's keep talking

Let's keep talking

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