Opinion

Seniors on the Bow (SOTB) is looking forward to activities which will wind up 2015. The holiday season promises some good times and some moments of reflection. 2015 has been a good year of activities and special events.

One of our coffee companions was in Paris at the time of the Friday the 13th terrorist assault on the soul of that city. Longtime Cochrane resident Michelle Brennick, the energetic former Vice-Principal of St.

Two weeks ago I ran a joyous column in which I mentioned how the late Stoney Nakoda Elder Jacob House had adopted me into his family. Because of that honour, I became a brother to Dale House and an uncle to Dale’s son, Malcolm Hunter.

There are so many heart-warming stories buried deep within our local history that I thought it was time to dig some up again to share with you. Let us never forget our ancestors, who all came from somewhere to settle this land.

Another Remembrance Day and once again hundreds of Cochrane folk will gather at the high school and the cenotaph to pay their respects. Canada’s war dead will be remembered in gratitude and sorrow.

Remembrance Day is a time to reflect on the past and present sacrifices of our men and women in uniform, some of those who have paid the ultimate sacrifice, to defend our rights and freedoms and have made it possible for us to live in a peaceful, dem