Opinion

This week is Fire Prevention Week throughout North America, and it goes without saying that local residents should be taking that message to heart and doing whatever they can to be fire smart and fire safe.

What happens when two diametrically opposed interests sit down in a room together to discuss their positions? Generally, a lot of fighting and arguing, and accusations thrown around without much being solved at the end of all that.

The spirit of intercommunity goodwill so evident at the Sept. 30 Stoney Nakoda Nations Truth and Reconciliation Day powwow at Cochrane’s SLS Centre prompts me to recall a story on handshakes and reconciliation.

Rotary has been working to eradicate polio for more than 35 years, and the goal of ridding the world of this disease is closer than ever. As a founding partner of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative, Rotary has reduced polio cases by 99.

Do you ever feel imprisoned by the shadows of your past? Our longtime coffee companion Annette Stanwick knows well what you’re going through.

The colonial legacy of Canada is something which is appalling, and some experts even call it genocidal.

Over the past few weeks we have seen the value of community, and what it means for a community to come together– not only to help one another, but also to celebrate together.

Several of our readers have been sharing their concerns recently over how to respond to those who attack, insult, and falsely accuse them.

With the news this week that longstanding Cochrane company Spray Lake Sawmills was selling out to British Columbia-based company the West Fraser Timber Co., many in the community are left wondering what this means for the future.

I went to our bedroom window this past weekend to see how our apple tree was doing. Sure enough, it was yielding the fruit of its summertime labour. How amazing: exactly four months earlier these apples were blossoms of springtime promise.