Opinion

Elections are high stakes, but also grand political theatre. Hopefully, a better future will emerge for Alberta from the rubble, dust, and ashes when the election is finally complete.

Over the last 12 years, I’ve been fortunate to share my stories with readers of the Cochrane Eagle. I look forward to continuing to share my own stories from the not-so-little town on the Bow in the Foothills of Canadian Rockies.

Optimism characterized so much of the artwork on display at the Foothills Art Club's recent showcase. In acrylic, oil, ink, water, scratch board, collage, and mixed media, these creative Cochranites gave expression to their inner longings for the beauty of better days in breathtaking landscapes, wildlife, florals, still lifes, abstracts, and more.

Dear editor, It's sad that the Cochrane Eagle feels obliged to defend the CBC. However, as the expression goes, “birds of a feather flock together.”

Dear editor, One of our 55+ apartments in Cochrane, Lofts on the Bow, recently received five Automated External Defibrillator Devices (AEDs). These life-saving machines are used for sudden cardiac events.

“Laughter is sunshine,” Victor Hugo wrote in Les Misérables; “it chases winter from the human face.” Well, it certainly seems last week’s column on humour helped chase away winter from the faces of many of our readers, if the responses I received are any indication.

Earlier this week, the CBC announced it would be temporarily halting the use of its Twitter accounts, after the broadcaster was labelled on the social media platform as being 69 per cent government-funded.

Dear editor, My landlord just informed me that my rent will be going up 22 per cent this year. It's an outrageous increase that leaves me with a few questions, such as where he thinks I’m going get this money from?

Yes, in Jesus’ crucifixion, Evil thought it had triumphed. But on Easter, God had the last laugh! So, this week I thought we might indulge once more in a little lightheartedness of our own.

How attentive to the needs of an adopted riding's residents can a candidate really be, at the end of the day?