I popped into my friendly neighbourhood wine shop today, only to be immediately flagged down by the proprietor, eager to show off a new arrival that she knew I...
Category - Columnists
Columnists - Nick Jeffrey
Good Durif
Columnists - Leela Aheer
Rising inflation
Hello Chestermere-Strathmore readers. I do not need to explain rising inflation to all of you. You know it, and you feel it every day. Inflation rates in...
Columnists - Preston Pouteaux
The Unexpected Joys of Learning Together
Every week in your community there are groups of people who gather together to learn. In my neighbourhood there is a group called Monday Morning Mommas and a...
Columnists - Nick Jeffrey
Dreamy Martini
National Martini Day has just recently passed us by, taking place on June 19 every year. In past years, I would get all gussied up in my fanciest duds and hit...
Columnists - Karen McKee
Seeking Life Balance.
“Have regular hours for both work and play, make each day both useful and pleasant, and prove that you understand the worth of time by employing it well.”...
Columnists - Nick Jeffrey
Alberta Bourbon
Today is National Bourbon Day, and while the spirits in my liquor cabinet are typically stocked with fine Scotch or whiskies from our local Alberta craft...
Columnists - Leela Aheer
The provincial government is expanding mental health services in rural Alberta
The provincial government is expanding mental health services in rural Alberta. The provincial government has partnered with Counselling Alberta to ensure...
Columnists - Marilyn King
“They just know”
I recently had lunch with a friend who told me this story involving her dog, Simba. “March 2019 while spring skiing I fell, not a spectacular fall, more the...
Columnists - Nick Jeffrey
Heavenly Beer
History buffs may recall that monasteries were some of the first organizations to brew beer on a regular basis. Way back in the Middle Ages, a French order of...
Columnists - Preston Pouteaux
John McKnight: Finding Our Neighbourhood Treasure Chest
Imagine finding something so good that you would change your life to have it. What would it have to be? One of Jesus’ teachings used this analogy, he said...
