Our View

There is a lot happening on the Stoney Nakoda First Nation. While it might be easy to focus on the negative, there are also many examples of positives as the bands work toward economic development and community members battle social issues.

New federally appointed judges attended a week-long seminar in Quebec last week where the hot-button topic was the suggestion that mandatory and comprehensive legal training regarding sexual assault laws are needed for those called to the bench.

Last Sunday afternoon, as I was running along the Cochrane pathways, near my home, something suddenly struck me. Many of the adults I saw were looking at their phones and children accompanied most of them.

Rushing legislation and policy is becoming the hallmark of the Alberta government.

When we asked the Town of Cochrane to release the results of the West Valley off-leash dog park public consultation survey, we were expecting the results to be a close mix of support and opposition.

Cochranites and our town council were waiting anxiously for the Alberta budget to come down last week in hopes of it offering up some cash to relieve some of this community’s traffic woes.

Does Cochrane have a homophobia problem? Meaghan Fisher, a member of the new LGBTQ resource group in Cochrane, thinks so and made the provocative comment in our last edition.

Council decided to throw information-based decision making out the window last week, denying a test project that could prove the feasibility of a viable idea and approving changes to a bylaw that will be basically unenforceable.

There are many facets that make a community a great place to live, raise a family and to age. Employment, affordable housing, health services, citizenship opportunities and a network of support all contribute to creating a sustainable community.

Women make up more than half of the population of Canada (50.4 per cent) and nearly half of its workforce (47 per cent), according to Statistics Canada.