Opinion

To be channels of light for a despairing world – what a positive thought! Following up on last week’s column on how Jack Frost’s window art is just such a channel for light passing through its etched loveliness, I’d like to lo

I remember watching a movie about life in the future as I was growing up that showed a society in which the bulk of the people lived in squalor and ghetto settings, the elite living in safe and bright societies far above with strong security systems

Being new to computer use and looking at Facebook, I came across your newspaper ( The Cochrane Eagle ) and saw Bragg Creak mentioned. In 1956 or 1957 I was working on a Ranch in the Jumping Pound area. My boss was a fellow by the name of Tom Bateman.

As a frequent pathway walker, it is frustrating how many people are not moving over to allow adequate social distancing. Many are obviously not from the same household.

This week our province faces the introduction of the toughest public health measures to date. These restrictions have the singular goal of reducing close personal contact between Albertans to help slow the spread of COVID-19.

A familiar Christmas song begins: “Chestnuts roasting on an open fire, Jack Frost nipping at your nose….

To the Cochrane RCMP, Cochrane Search & Rescue, the Calgary and Foothills Search & Rescue teams and the people in the Cochrane community.

Once in a while you have to hit the open road and take a trip. In the past Sue and I have been to Tofino on the west coast of Vancouver Island; Yellowknife, NWT and St. John’s, Newfoundland.

This is one of the positive messages being shared by the Cochrane Social Recovery Task Force.

The exponential population growth of Cochrane has transformed the face of the community, and this increase in population is expected to continue for decades to come.