Our View

Don’t expect the affable couple of Edouard and Jessica Maurice to open their doors to strangers any day soon at their acreage south of Okotoks.

There will be celebrations aplenty across the Foothills, from Blackie to Millarville in recognition of this country’s 152 anniversary.

My, my, it’s been a busy week. There are three whopping announcements out of Ottawa to leave us with something to think about over the summer.

As Canada is less than two weeks from celebrating its 152nd birthday, it was heart-warming and downright thrilling to see its citizens ‘enraptored’ in a sporting event not seen practically since the day Paul Henderson scored his famous goal in 1972.

Okotoks has dodged the crisis of not being able to get rid of its recyclable plastic for now, but it’s just dodging what has become a major problem, with literally boat loads of the stuff ready to be shipped back to Canada.

They appear every spring and for some, they are more annoying than mosquitoes and even harder to avoid.

Sometimes you have to put some money down to live up to one’s commitments. Okotoks has always justifiably taken pride in its green mandate and striving for sustainability and being concerned about environmental issues in the community.

Students from Kindergarten to Grade 12 are taking steps to correct wrongs for which they are not responsible. Longview School students got the ball rolling early in the school year when they helped create a land acknowledgment for Treaty 7.