Opinion

Thanks to everyone who stopped by my display table at Spray Lake Sawmills Family Sports Centre earlier this month to talk about the aquatic centre and curling projects. I had a few boards on display showing detailed drawings of the new facility.

With the Olympics in Sochi coming to an end Feb. 23, we will take this as a great Olympics. And not just from a hockey perspective because we were one of the top countries as we finished with the third-most gold medals.

I have an old photograph of myself from when I was about 10. In it I’m aboard my 15-year-old pony, who was both a saint and the naughtiest creature that ever lived.

Those critters that look like woolly mammoths walking around in your field are simply your equine buddies showing off their wonderful winter hair.

Morley artist Roland Rollinmud has a special fondness for his late grandfather John Hunter, 1874-1970 (known in his Stoney Nakoda language as [START ITALICS]Űbi-thka Îyodâge[END ITALICS], “Sitting Eagle”).

Seniors on the Bow (SOTB) strives to involve young people in senior programming. The second ‘intergenerational program’ begins today (Feb. 20) from 2:15-3:15 p.m. and brings students from St. Timothy High School.

When there’s an issue afoot, being booted by competing community groups seeking public funding, it’s often called a political football. Town council, tasked with deciding who wins this game, is the referee.

Highway 22 seems to be turning into a death trap. Another fatality occurred last week, and from what the preliminary investigation indicates, the conditions of the road were to blame.

One final column on how our views on the afterlife relate to our lives here and now. This week: Muslim, Baha’i and early Christian perspectives, and then an Olympics lesson I experience daily around town.

My suitcase is waiting, ready for me to pack, as I prepare for my trip to England. On Saturday, I’m heading over to the UK and March 4 I start my attempt to run 1,014 km around the South West Coast Path.