Opinion

I’ve got a great idea. We have seen that it is legal to set up a protest group in this country pretty well where ever you want. For example, Idle No More and Occupy Calgary.

Our exercise program on Tuesday mornings is going very well. We had 17 participants last week’. I hope you all read John Barlow’s article in the Jan. 11 edition of The Weekend. It was an excellent article.

As a result of our holiday poinsettia sale, Okotoks Rotary Club cleared nearly $1,300 to donate to Rotary International's Polio Plus eradication program. A robust thank you to our chair of this initiative, Jeff Foss.

All activities are back on track at the club and that makes me happy. I am such a creature of routine. Sorry about the misinformation on the time for the Tuesday exercise class.

So Attawapiskat Chief Theresa Spence was fasting for over three weeks on Victoria Island in the middle of the Ottawa River until Prime Minister Harper and Governor General David Johnston agreed to sit down and talk about Canada’s treaty relationship

Tick, tock. The celestial clock keeps on ticking and our world has made another trip around the sun. This time, though, the Mayans claim this latest planetary revolution means the end of the world as we know it. I hope they are right.

Just in time — as the NFL season will soon be over and it is a bit early for baseball — the NHL hockey season is about to begin.

For many of us the Sandy Hook Elementary School tragedy is already almost a fading memory.

Congratulations to James Lee for receiving the Governor’s certificate of appreciation for his many years of service with the Lion’s club. The Lion’s eye bank has been in operation for so long we tend to forget the good it does worldwide.

Calling someone an inspiration to all Canadians is no idle comment and a former prime minister should give more thought before speaking for all of us.