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Columnists - Nick Jeffrey

Mexican Wine

March 15, 2017

Your intrepid liquor reporter was at a hoity-toity wine tasting event last week, and tasted his very first Mexican wines. Yes, gentle reader, you may be as...

Columnists - Leela Aheer

MLA Report March 16

March 15, 2017

Hello Chestermere! Well the Legislature is back in session with the Throne Speech. I thought I would share some of my reaction to the Government’s claim...

Columnists - Leela Aheer

MLA Report March 9

March 7, 2017

Hello Chestermere! I don’t know about you but when March hits, I feel the need for a little green in my life. I have lived in Alberta my whole life, and...

Columnists - Nick Jeffrey

Tannins & Oak

March 7, 2017

Wine has a pretty short list of ingredients. With only grape juice and yeast to work with, the hardworking winemakers of the world somehow manage to turn out...

Columnists - Preston Pouteaux

To Nurture Meaning

February 28, 2017

I enjoy talking to teenagers about what they want to do when they graduate. At first many say they are not sure. Maybe they want to attend a school, or work...

Columnists - Nick Jeffrey

Bitter and Twisted

February 28, 2017

The tippling world is awash in a cocktail renaissance, with fancy cocktail bars springing up left and right, usually staffed by bearded bartenders that would...

Columnists - Submitted Story

Motion M-103

February 21, 2017

Thanks for the many phone calls and emails, and public conversations with constituents across Bow River regarding motion M-103, which seeks to have the...

Columnists - Preston Pouteaux

Planting Seeds

February 21, 2017

The other day we pulled down our seed box. It’s a just a cardboard box we keep in a dark cupboard, but it’s a treasure trove. Store bought seeds...

Columnists - Leela Aheer

MLA report Feb 23

February 21, 2017

Hello Chestermere! Well it has been quite a week.  As you know we have been following the curriculum rewrite very closely and continue to be frustrated by the...

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