As a young eight year old in Regina, Saskatchewan, my best friend and I came up with a plan: we were going to catch our very own pet gopher. We had visions of...
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Columnists - Preston Pouteaux
Playbourhood
Columnists - Nick Jeffrey
Stray Kat Strut
Hollywood has the Oscars. Music has the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. The computer industry has the Consumer Electronics Show. Even those saucy late-night pay...
Columnists - Patricia Matthews
Chestermere steps up to support each other
For the first time ever our community experienced an extraordinary weather event that resulted in widespread flooding of homes and businesses. Over a one hour...
Columnists - Kevin Sorenson
Standing Up to Global Economic Uncertainty
We have been having a good summer so far. It has been wonderful seeing so many constituents at many events in and around our riding, including Canada Day...
Columnists - Preston Pouteaux
Deep Waters
Sunday morning arrived with a crack of lightning and a torrent of worries for many people in Chestermere. Water levels rose and first covered the road down our...
Columnists - Tamara Gutierrez
Don’t Lose Yourself This Summer
The sun is shining and days are much longer. With the kids out of school, barbecues, picnics, patio drinks and other social gatherings filling the calendar...
Columnists - Steve Jeffrey
War Of the Rieslings
Other than the history nerds in the audience, few people remember the Franco-Prussian war of 1870. For that matter, few people remember the short-lived Kingdom...
Columnists - Preston Pouteaux
Excuse me
I was recently standing around a neighbour’s kitchen with a number of people I’ve come to know, and enjoy. One of my neighbours proposed a toast...
Columnists - Nick Jeffrey
Champagne Supernova
The gently rolling hills of Champagne, nestled serenely in the French countryside have something new to be thankful for, in addition to the sparkling wine they...
Columnists - Tamara Gutierrez
Breathe
Just breathe! I think that might be a song. Don’t worry I am not about to start singing. Breathing is obviously something we all do. Most of the time it...
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