All we ever asked for was a chance.

There are days when a community can feel hope again and last Friday was one of those days.

When Elections Alberta announced the Water Not Coal citizen initiative petition had failed to meet the legal requirements to proceed, I wasn’t celebrating because a mine had been approved.

I read the social media exchange about Crowsnest Pass and the proposed Grassy Mountain project between two Alberta MLAs several times before I decided to write this.

Do some people actually believe in the process, or do they only believe in the outcome they want?

Over the past several weeks, I have listened to the reaction surrounding Corb Lund’s anti-coal petition, watched the media coverage and tried to understand exactly what opponents of Grassy Mountain are asking for.