Opinion

The Internet has brought many good things to the world: instant news, weather reports, finding lost puppies and selling patio furniture. However, one curse has been the rise of online scammers.

When Romesh and Surjit Anand invited my wife and me to join them in celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary this past weekend, we could not have imagined the bridges and rainbows awaiting us.

I recently had the ‘pleasure’ of competing in a ‘pleasure driving show’ held at Spruce Meadows. The show was put on by the High Country Carriage Driving Club and was well attended by a wide variety of breeds.

So, I was asked a couple of months ago by my wonderful neighbour, Al, why I didn’t review more guy type books. He suggested that I review the new Gordie Howe autobiography.

Shorter days are a harbinger of a coming change in the season. August 2015 has been an awesome month with a mix of sunshine and rain. Many good memories to take with us into fall, but soon it will be time to take up our regular activities.

Elston’s above cartoon is right on the money (pardon the pun).

Hard to believe that we’re already approaching the end of summer holidays and school is about to begin again for another year.

For the foreseeable future, Cochrane is going to be in a continuing state of development. As a town, we made a commitment to grow to 50,000 – 60,000 people. We put in the time and paid the price to annex land.