Opinion

My quest continues in trying to find the most suitable trail horse for my husband.

Break out the champagne. Ring the bells. Tell the mayor and council we love them. It’s celebration time. No, I didn’t win a lottery.

Being third is not all that bad, but first or second is better. And Cochrane is presently in third place out of 218 towns across Canada competing for the honour of being the Ultimate Fishing Town in Canada.

When I tell people I write for the Cochrane Eagle, they immediately respond by saying “the first thing I do when I get the Eagle is open the first page and read the column written by Jack Tennant.” Well, I do too.

There seem to be two approaches to landscape photography, trophy hunting or immersion. Trophy hunters want grand scenes in great light. They plan the hunt carefully in advance and know when and where to go to find their trophies.

The fourth session of the very successful Voices of the Pioneer series will take place on May 1 in the multi-purpose room located just out of the Seniors on the Bow (SOTB) Centre. At 7 p.m.

Have you ever received a letter or postcard so vaguely addressed that you scratch your head trying to figure out how it managed to find you? Cochrane old-car guy Windy Erhardt did recently, and it speaks well of his popularity, our postal service, an

All people are not the same, but I’m thinking most will sometimes look back and wonder what might have been.

When you make a decision, you have to be prepared for the consequences, and I have learned this over the last few weeks. About a month ago, I decided I could not do chemo anymore.

Volunteering is like wetting your pants when you’re wearing black trousers — it gives you a nice warm feeling but nobody notices. But no community can exist without volunteers and Cochrane is so fortunate to have so many in so many different fields.