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Columnists - Nick Jeffrey

Full Brazilian

February 27, 2015

Your humble narrator was wracking his brain earlier this month, trying to come up with a sufficiently romantic scheme to impress my lady friend on...

Columnists - Nick Jeffrey

Italian Beer

February 20, 2015

When boozers think of Italy, wine is generally the first thing to come to mind.  Indeed, the Italian love for wine goes all the way back to the Roman empire...

Columnists - Tricia Ingram

February means Time to Seed!

February 13, 2015

As I sit and write this, the sun is shining in my front window, brightly glistening off of the snow covered yard. A beautiful winter day, it seems the whole...

Columnists - Bruce McAllister

Alberta’s finances

February 13, 2015

You would be hard pressed to open a newspaper or turn on the TV or radio these days and not find the subject of Alberta’s finances being covered. The...

Columnists - Nick Jeffrey

Beer and Chocolate

February 13, 2015

In the carefree days of my callow youth, your intrepid liquor reporter was perfectly content to munch on chicken wings while chugging a Molson Dry straight...

Columnists - Nick Jeffrey

Pasties and Pastis

February 6, 2015

Your globetrotting liquor reporter vacationed in Gay Paree this year, and made sure to imbibe all the local tipples. Speaking of tipples, the topless revue at...

Columnists - Bruce McAllister

Proud to call this community home

January 30, 2015

It was a wonderful weekend for Chestermere as we commemorated our new designation as a city. I was happy to join in on the celebrations with Council and the...

Columnists - Nick Jeffrey

Fine Argentine Wine

January 29, 2015

The wines of Argentina seem to occupy more shelf space every time I visit my friendly neighbourhood booze merchant, and for good reason indeed. Argentina is...

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