Opinion

I would like to thank all of you for your patience this summer. It has been a very busy season for road construction projects in and around Cochrane.

Across from me at our A&W table, cattleman/artist Angus MacKenzie opened his sketchbooks from nearly 50 years ago and took me down memory lane through our fantastic foothills heritage.

Martha Anderson had saved and planned for her retirement very carefully. So, when it came time to move into Diamond House, the retirement home that she had arranged, she was settled and excited.

It’s been a long five months since I was diagnosed with cerebral venous sinus thrombosis, or a clot on the brain. Initially, there were many restrictions and I slept most of the time.

When I look at the trends related to Cochrane’s growth, there is certainly one we could all do without — the alarming increase in collisions.

Supply the missing words in the following song lyrics: (1) “You are my ____, my only ____.” (2) “Oklahoma, where the ____ comes sweeping down the plain.” (3) “____ keep falling on my head.” (4) “I’m singin’ in the ____.” (5) “Somewhere over the ____.

It’s been a while since I wrote a column, and with it being that time of year when the news slows around Cochrane, I figured now was a good time to write about our beautiful country, that is Canada, and pose the question: when will this great nation

With summer well underway, Cochrane is busier than ever. Over the last several years, council has worked hard to be proactive and plan for growth.