Opinion

Hire strategically.

My final words as a reporter for the Cochrane Eagle.

It was exactly one year earlier almost to the minute, and I couldn’t help myself.

By Coun. Tara McFadden “To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often.” It’s a Winston Churchill quote and if applied to Cochrane, we must be working on perfect. There is a lot happening in Cochrane.

This week’s column is by our son James Harbeck, an editor, linguist, writer, and photographer (sesquiotic.com), who is enjoying life in Toronto with his wife, Aina. James? I CAN SEE IT out my window, but it’s another world.

Does fear of failure too often inhibit you from creating something new and exciting? My older son Reg Harbeck, an Information Technology professional based in Fort Langley, B.C., dares to address the topic in this week’s guest column.

“Pleasant words are like a honeycomb,” the ancient saying goes, “sweetness to the soul and health to the body.

By Janaia Hutzal There are as many boxes to be checked off before signing your dog up for an obedience or training class as there are different types of dog trainers.

The joy of green is not just a Cochrane-area thing. It’s spreading across Ethiopia, too, with lots of encouragement from Springbank reader Ralph Dubienski .

I have recently returned from a trip to the UK, where I visited family and friends in England and Wales. Whilst I was there, I indulged in one of my favourite foods, i.e. cheese.