Opinion

Dear Editor: Unfortunate proof that thieves are looking for an opportunity to strike in Cochrane: You’d think that a lock would deter a would-be thief from stealing property but not the case; my covered cargo mate trailer, containing two ATVs and a s

Cochrane’s Northstar Ford, together with the Northstar Ford group’s dealerships in Calgary, Fort McMurray and Fort McKay, raised more than $106,000 for the Alberta Children’s Hospital Foundation and the Edge School Foundation.

The silly season has already begun in Cochrane. Already Cochrane Eagle publisher Jack Tennant has taken out his boxing gloves to train for his one-two-three knock out punches of the mayor leading up the next municipal election.

Mount Kilimanjaro, 4 a.m. Thursday March 7, temperature -15C, elevation 18,500 feet. As the minutes and hours ticked by, I was getting colder and more exhausted. My hands and fingers were freezing and I was starting to shiver.

Basketball of any variety has never been a top priority on my list of sports to watch live or on television.

On most sports teams, at least men’s teams that I know, there is the team joker. He’s the guy who always seems to have the newest of jokes but also the guy who can’t stop pulling practical jokes on teammates.

Despite the fact that it appears in the spring, Olympus Has Fallen is the ultimate flag-waving summer popcorn flick with plenty of today’s biggest stars.

Life is never short of surprises, and I’m always surprised at how some people react to simple questions. Like last week’s column on the proposed transit system for Cochrane. Never once in that column did I say I was against local transit.

You have to love Alberta weather — wait an hour and you have a complete change. Equine management during this time of year can be quite the challenge.

The Kibosho Lodge was a great place to spend the night before the push to the top. It is only 200 metre from the Umbwe gate, the start of our attempt. With all the changes to the trip, Lau had dropped the number of porters from nine to six.