In the days of my callow youth, there were many glasses of plonk table wine consumed without a second thought, as Alberta was adrift in a desert bereft of fine...
Category - Columnists
Columnists - Nick Jeffrey
Viva Valpolicella
Columnists - Leela Aheer
MLA report April 5
Hello Chestermere! I have so much to chat about with you this week, I don’t know where to start. Sometimes 1000 words is just not enough. I wanted to...
Columnists - Martin Shields
MP Report – grain backlog bad for producers
This spring, a decline in railway service for the grain sector has seen performance numbers drop dramatically. That’s resulting in the worst grain...
Columnists - Preston Pouteaux
Spending Time
Enjoying your neighbourhood, friends, and family requires that ever so rare and limited commodity: time. Like the sand in an hour glass, the changing digital...
Columnists - Nick Jeffrey
Plank Pose & Pints
The annual drunken bacchanalia of St. Patrick’s Day has come and gone for another year. I can only dimly recall how the days of my squandered youth were...
Columnists - Leela Aheer
MLA report March 30
Hello Chestermere! I first would like to apologize for not attending some of the great events held this past week in our lovely little city. I was looking...
Columnists - Preston Pouteaux
Easter Hope
This week is full of new life and fun for many in our community. Easter is also a time for people to come together. My own family is preparing to gather around...
Columnists - Martin Shields
MP report – Spring updates on CSJ, C-71
The spring session of parliament is here. I think most of us in Bow River wish that spring had actually arrived with it. Eight months of snow is a lot, even by...
Columnists - Leela Aheer
MLA report March 22
Hello Chestermere! It was a crazy week up at the Legislature, and I want to take a minute to thank all the amazing staff we have both here and in Edmonton...
Columnists - Preston Pouteaux
Starting at Your Front Door
The neighbourhood and city we all want starts at your front door. It does not start with laws and policies. It does not start with a complaint. The...
