Opinion

This column has been covering an abundance of Cochrane and area history, but let’s change things up a little bit…let’s talk about ‘how the West is now.’ After all, we are creating history for future generations.

Alberta’s new premier will be Jim Prentice, who won 77 per cent of Saturday’s vote. Mind you, 77 per cent may sound like a lot, but when you consider there were only a total of 23,386 votes, the shine on the victory begins to fade.

Summer may not technically be over quite yet, but once the Labour Day weekend passes people’s lives tend to get back to ‘normal.

Florence Storch started throwing the javelin 16 years ago and has won a number of provincial and national titles in the sport. That’s pretty impressive.

“Blessed are they who see beautiful things in humble places, where other people see nothing,” said the 19th century Danish-French Impressionist painter Camille Pissarro. That quote was brought to my attention by Calgary reader Robin Roome.

A couple of late-entry mutts have signed up for the 13th annual Mutt Strut for the Cochrane and Area Humane Society (CAHS), which takes place Sept. 6. Those mutts would be one Cochrane Eagle reporter and one Pembroke Welsh Corgi.

There are so many good things in B.C.’s new liquor law, which took effect at the beginning of the summer.

Have you ever seen a raspberry ruby? I certainly hadn’t. Not until the other day, that is. And in a most unlikely setting. Let me tell you about it. But first, two responses to last week’s column on Stirling Clark’s photographic encounters with owls.

The trials and tribulations of the horse husband continue.

There are so many good things in B.C.’s new liquor law, which took effect at the beginning of the summer.