Opinion

A simple gratitude practice helps the nervous system relax and feel positively refreshed. With gratitude, our bodies and minds can pause the "freeze, fight or flight" response and more easily find the "rest and digest" button.

Here we are, about to head into a third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic as a province and as a valley.

A private member's bill in the Alberta Legislature from UCP MLA Searle Turton has proposed to increase speeds on some highways in the province to 120 km/h.

For those who have been silenced by these tactics, we see you and we hear you. Don't let the rhetoric stop you for holding your own opinion on this issue. If you do, then what kind of community will Canmore be in the future? One where bullies win and compromise dies on the altar of absolute self righteousness.

Gratitude can change the world, if you let it into your daily life.

"Science is not static and understanding that evidence evolves and builds with time will help us in this time where studies related to COVID-19 are proceeding at breakneck speed. We can be confident that recommendations will be refined or changed as new information comes forth and adds to the body of scientific evidence."

The first confirmed case of COVID-19 was reported in Alberta on March 5, 2020. Premier Jason Kenney declared a state of provincial health emergency on March 17, 2020.