Your intrepid liquor reporter was browsing the aisles of my friendly neighbourhood booze merchant last week, when I bumped into one of those in-store tastings...
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Columnists - Leela Aheer
MLA report October 5
Hello Chestermere! Winter decided that we had been spoiled enough with our beautiful summer, and that it was time for the snow to replace those beautiful...
Columnists • Local News - Martin Shields
MP Report – proposed tax changes
On September 23rd, I hosted a roundtable in Strathmore on the Liberal government’s proposed tax changes. I expected a big turnout, but we had a huge...
Columnists - Nick Jeffrey
Porters and Stouts
It’s that time of year again, gentle reader. The days are getting shorter and the nights are getting longer. I even saw frost on my hop vines last week...
Columnists - Leela Aheer
MLA report Sept 28
Hello Chestermere! It has been a busy week, and it is wonderful to see so many of our residents throwing themselves into the municipal race, knocking on doors...
Columnists - Nick Jeffrey
Game of Beers
Your humble narrator decided to sit down on the couch over the weekend to binge-watch the latest season of Game of Thrones, as it was becoming increasingly...
Columnists • Sports - Sandy Macdonald
Golfing through fall
This week features my last column for the year. We have had the most fantastic summer, weather wise, in a long long time and hopefully you have had a great...
Columnists - Preston Pouteaux
6 Mistakes Neighbourhoods Make
Thriving neighbourhoods are vital. A healthy neighbourhood is a place where people can be safe, find support, discover friendships, explore new interests, live...
Columnists - Leela Aheer
MLA report Sept 21
Hello Chestermere! This week’s article is going to be a little different. First of all I want to thank all of you who have sent us letters or copied us...
Columnists - Preston Pouteaux
Potent
A friend of mine, Jono Ingram in Australia, posted up a picture of an Avocado seed he had been nurturing for a couple months. The seed is golf-ball sized and...
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