Opinion

This past spring, a young man named Jess Findlay beat out over 25,000 other entrants to win the Youth Award in a prestigious photography competition hosted by Nature’s Best Photography.

In personal worlds of turmoil, heavy hearts and differences of opinion, it’s nice to know there are some places that feel safe – sacred places where people of longing, listening, loving hearts are at home, and beauty and peace prevail.

It was an event that shouldn’t have happened. But it did. It had to. It was a vigil last Saturday night at the Mitford Pond in memory of a 17-year-old Cochrane High School student killed in a car accident Dec.6. Apparently, by a drunk driver.

I love this town and its employees but sometimes I just shake my head, like what were they thinking? A case in point. In last week’s edition of the Cochrane Times there was a full page advertisement from the town with pictures on longtime employees.

Doug Campbell is a well known individual around Cochrane with his involvement in many worthwhile organizations.

Winter can be a challenging time for keeping both you and your horse happy and healthy.

Last week’s column about Dijla Al-Rekabi and the touch of humanity she experienced while undergoing surgery recently in a Calgary hospital generated many responses from our coffee companions.

Pathway 12 of the Cochrane Sustainability Plan is that, by 2029, “there are diverse options for getting around” in Cochrane and region. That’s 17 years from now.

I met my friend Ray for the first time about four years ago on the Bow River. I remember fishing by the 22X bridge when an older fella came sauntering down the bank to say hello.

My companion at Cochrane Coffee Traders last week shared a hospitalization story about respect in words so inspiring that they should be celebrated in a dictionary. Dijla Al-Rekabi, of Calgary, has become a familiar face around town.