Opinion

Dear editor, Gas price gouging has to end. The gasoline marketers are gouging Cochranites and visitors to our community. The day I wrote this letter, fuel at Costco in southwest Calgary (only 35 kilometres away from Cochrane) was $1.

I’ve long been a fan of Cochrane artist Marla Blackwell’s depictions of our natural surroundings. But she really outdid herself in one of her shows I visited recently in Calgary.

Despite the stress, the holidays do bring many enjoyable aspects, one of which is the opportunity to partake in the many local community events that pop up at this time of year.

Dear editor, I would like to draw attention to a serious safety concern on Highway 1A west of Cochrane.

Cochrane Eagle columnist Martin Parnell has some conflicting loyalties as he tunes into this year's FIFA World Cup, with hopes of success for England, Canada, and Wales.

A record-breaking six feet of snow in Buffalo, N.Y., falling last weekend? Wow! And we here in Cochrane grumble when we have to brush just six inches of snow off our car in the morning.

Most people have been so eager to put the COVID-19 pandemic in the rear-view mirror that it's become commonplace to act like it never happened in the first place.

Our long-time coffee companion Mike MacDonald was in town the other day and joined me for cups of memory together. I knew I was in for a real treat the moment he started telling me about a visionary experience he’d had in southern Mexico.

Dear editor, A cozy home, plenty of food, safe passage – we are not the only ones who wish for these comforts this holiday season. However, we do have the unique opportunity to make these wishes come true for wildlife.

A win or a warning? That's the question many media outlets in Alberta were asking, after Premier Danielle Smith's recent win in the Brooks-Medicine Hat byelection last week. On Nov.