Opinion

Most people are aware by now that cellphones can be quite the distraction when one is behind the wheel.

This column is a preview on Olympic men’s hockey. As a Canadian fan, I am not looking forward to these Olympics. But we could be surprised even though I do not like how the team is assembled. Now I know that Martin St.

It’s becoming clear that building a turf field in Cochrane is more complicated than you’d think.

Reader responses to our current series of columns on how one’s views on the afterlife relate to life this side of the grave have been just out of this world . . .

The Butters family has been in the Cochrane area since 1936. Richard Butters came from Conway, just east of Calgary and purchased land north of the Ghost River from the Hudson’s Bay Company.

Working together sure seems like it’s out of the question for the Turf Association and Cochrane Lions Football when it comes to the creation of a turf field...at least for now it does. Listening to each organization make presentations to council Jan.

It was a brisk, sunshine-filled day with sparkling white snow everywhere in the horse paddock area.

Sports has certainly been a hot topic in Cochrane for the past few weeks – quite the feat considering the Cobras aren’t even on the gridiron at the moment. The opening ceremonies for the Winter Olympics happens this Friday (Feb.

The death of grammer. The fall of syntax. The plight of punctuation. Same old story. All hail the mighty, modern digital age. The argument stands that while we have more access to information then ever, we are getting dumber by the dozen.

It’s 3:30 p.m. and won’t be long before darkness falls. The ice fog is rolling across the trail and frost hangs from the trees and bushes like a white blanket.