If you want to care for your community, you need to be an optimist. Optimism is more than just naive positivity, however. It is activated hope, courage, and...
Category - Columnists
Columnists - Preston Pouteaux
The Optimists
Columnists - Leela Aheer
MLA report June 7
Hello Chestermere! Congratulations! You own a pipeline! That is correct, for the bargain price of $4.5 billion dollars in old infrastructure, plus...
Columnists - Preston Pouteaux
Listening to Your Community
Some neighbours become friends for years, others we greet politely as we pass. No matter how we connect with those who live in our neighbourhood, how we...
Columnists - Nick Jeffrey
Local Winners
Summer is my favourite time of year. We can drink beer on patios. We can drink beer out on the dock. We can drink beer and still have the sun shining...
Columnists - Nick Jeffrey
Origin-al Recipe
Faithful readers may recall that my weekends are often spent making day trips to the veritable cornucopia of new craft breweries in our fair province, in what...
Columnists - Leela Aheer
MLA report May 24
Hello Chestermere! I want to send out a huge shout out to the Al-Madinah Islamic Assembly for inviting me to break their fast with them last night. I was so...
Columnists - Preston Pouteaux
Block Party Season
Block parties are a wonderful way to connect with your neighbours this summer. Each year we host a gathering on the street in front of our home, it’s a...
Columnists - Baljinder Sull
Culture of Silence: The Negative Impact of Stigma and Discrimination on Mental Health
There are many public initiatives and awareness campaigns regarding mental health; however, attitudes within most societies and cultures frequently foster...
Columnists - Nick Jeffrey
Coul Your Jets
As part of my ongoing quest to visit all the new craft breweries popping up in Alberta, I made an overnight trip to Lethbridge this past weekend. Heading south...
Columnists - Preston Pouteaux
Weeds, Robots, and Flame Throwers
Our garden is coming up and so are the weeds. Among the tulips and irises you’ll find the excited growth of other unwanted plants. Green little shoots...
