Opinion

I am a senior living at Bethany Care Centre.

For the past week community message boards for the Banff-Kananaskis constituency have been asking a simple question— Where was MLA Miranda Rosin over the holidays? It is a simple question that could easily be answered, “I stayed home.

January 6 is a date that will be long remembered, a day of deadly violence at the U.S. Capitol last week, a day of infamy. Unprecedented? Not really! Jan.

This is a story that has restored my faith in humanity. Early on Christmas Eve, I experienced a major car breakdown as I was exiting the drive through at McDonald's on 5th Avenue.

"The opportunity to incentivize regions was missed."

How I was looking forward to this year’s annual end-of-December State of the World Forum hosted by Michael and Judie Bopp at their home northwest of Cochrane. (See my Nov. 12, 2020 column .) You guessed it, another COVID casualty.

Chiniki First Nation held their election Dec. 8. Due to Covid-19 restrictions, only scrutineers were permitted inside the Bearspaw Youth Center to witness the count. However, the entire event was livestreamed online.

Each year, Council takes community input as we develop a list of priorities – projects and initiatives -residents have indicated are of great importance. Several key infrastructure projects were delivered in 2020.

The year 2020 has presented us with unprecedented adversity, sacrifice and heartache.

Hasn’t 2020 been begging us, “Can’t we please start over?” Well, in a certain sense, we can. That’s why we make New Year’s resolutions.