Opinion

“Clap, clap, clap!” wrote Ontario coffee companion Marie Suthers about last week’s column on respect, not pity, as the basis for responsible humanitarian outreach by NGOs (Non-Governmental Organizations). Marie’s not alone.

People in their 20’s will think the story that’s about to fill this space is at least possible. Those in their teens will say the man is a nut case, this stuff really never happened. But I digress.

As a community, Cochrane is far advanced on Pathway 8 to sustainability: “We are a caring community that lives and celebrates together.

Transparency is the buzz word today for politicians at many levels but does it also apply to the municipal level? The federal government and its bureaucrats pretty much dismiss any suggestion of transparency as a meaningless whim by a few voters, so

The inevitable has happened — our first snowfall of winter. It comes every year but is always a rude reminder of what is to come.

Transit timeline 2011 - 2012: Fall 2011 — council votes to move forward with transit between Cochrane and Calgary.

“The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams,” said the late Eleanor Roosevelt, wife of U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt and activist for social justice.

In January, I introduced you to Shelly Irmen, living in Cochrane with her husband, Scott and two young children, Lawson and Lucy. Shelly is a remarkable lady who took control of her MS in an unconventional way.

“Perhaps fishing is, for me, only an excuse to be near rivers.” Roderick L. Haig-Brown author of A River Never Sleeps.

If you have been watching the Calgary Stampeders in action this season, what you’ve witnessed is a mobile magic act. And an act that would stun even Penn and Teller in Las Vegas.