Category - Columnists

Columnists - Steve King

Nowzad

In recent weeks we have all been made aware of the terrible humanitarian situation in Afghanistan since the Taliban retook control of the country. I do not...

Columnists - Nick Jeffrey

Any Port in a Storm

With the fourth wave of the pandemic ramping up quickly, I cautiously squeezed in one more backyard tasting with my double-vaxxed friends in recognition of...

Columnists - Steve King

When the grand dogs come to stay

It’s always an interesting experience when dogs come to stay if you have a dog of your own.  Will they get along together or will WW3 break out at any...

Columnists - Nick Jeffrey

Yay For Cabernet

As the rapid onset of the fourth wave of the pandemic ushers in vaccine passports around the world, several Canadian provincial governments and even private...

Columnists - Preston Pouteaux

Third Places

Throughout this pandemic many of us lived our lives in one place: our home. For me, that meant turning our basement into an office space, our kitchen table...

Columnists - Leela Aheer

MLA report August 31

Hello Chestermere Strathmore, I want to send out a couple of thank you’s for some incredible work and events happening around the riding. I am so blown away by...

Columnists - Preston Pouteaux

Around the Table

As I write this, my BBQ is doing something it has not done in a long time: it’s slow roasting a big piece of meat. This is not just any meat, it is meat for a...

Columnists - Nick Jeffrey

Pining For Pinot

As the nigh-inevitable fourth wave continues its inexorable approach, I gathered my double-vaxxed drinking companions with what we all hoped would not be our...