Although the recent flood waters directly affected a very small area in our riding of Crowfoot, our hearts and prayers go out to the folks in Calgary and...
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Columnists - Kevin Sorenson
Pushing Back the Flood Waters
Columnists - Nick Jeffrey
Think Globally & Drink Locally
Canada Day was a more somber affair than usual this year. Rather than a day of Bob & Doug McKenzie jokes about hosers while swilling beer in the back...
Columnists - Mansoor Ladha
Is Canada missing new Scramble for Africa?
Canada was respected throughout the developing world for the work done through the Canadian Development Agency (CIDA). However, last month the famous name...
Columnists - Jai Murugan
(muck)
On an occasionally cruel spring, prairie weather created hidden flat patches of dodgy ice in the barnyard. Poor urbanite brethren missed out on such rich...
Columnists - Patricia Matthews
Mayors Message – July 2013
While Chestermere wasn’t directly impacted by the flooding disaster that hit so many of our neighbours we did feel some of the panic and uncertainty here...
Columnists - Mansoor Ladha
All that ends well on turban suspension
As a former soccer player, I must applaud FIFA ruling allowing Sikh children to wear turbans when playing the game. It must have taken guts to order another...
Columnists - Nick Jeffrey
High Waters at Highwood
Despite the dire warnings of my Sunday-school teacher, who warned me away from the licentious lifestyle of liquor and loose ladies, I do not believe the recent...
Columnists - Jai Murugan
(huff)
Huffs are almost necessary in the unwavering practise of ahimsa. (Sanskrit for non-violence, the Gandhian choice of warfare weaponry, whereby the war advocates...
Columnists - Tricia Ingram
Small Trees
A growing concern in many residential areas and towns is the desire to plant trees, but something that doesn’t grow too overly large or take up too much...
Columnists - Jai Murugan
(Host)
I don’t have the mouth, voice endurance, will, compulsiveness, or spontaneity to be a radio talk-show host. The one time I called in I almost panicked...
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