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Ladies in Liquor
Columnists - Preston Pouteaux
Mr. Roger’s Day
In my office hangs an illustration of ’Saint Fred, the Neighbourly.’ To millions of people, Fred Rogers represents the very best of us. With patience and...
Columnists - Leela Aheer
MLA report March 7
Hello Chestermere – Strathmore, As I write this article, Ukraine sends their women and children to other countries to protect them from attacks on their...
Columnists - Steve King
Anthropomorphism
The biggest challenge you may have with this word is how to pronounce it! Here are the syllables: an-thro-po-mor-phism. So, what is anthropomorphism? Wikipedia...
Columnists - Preston Pouteaux
Don’t Pay Attention
I used to live near a sprawling park with lumpy hills, clusters of trees and a puddle-for-a-pond. My wife and I had walked through that park a hundred times...
Columnists - Nick Jeffrey
Nibbles and Nebbiolo
With the relaxation of pandemic restrictions last week, I have emerged from the solitude of my windowless wine cellar for a long-awaited evening of noshing and...
Columnists - Preston Pouteaux
Exaggerating Love
I heard a story about a family in the 1970s who jumped on the tv dinner bandwagon. There was a time before when they sat around a kitchen table and ate their...
Columnists - Nick Jeffrey
Que Syrah Syrah
As we near the relaxation of pandemic restrictions in Alberta, my thoughts turn to in-person meetups with my regular tippling crowd, instead of the weekly Zoom...
Columnists - Steve King
Is your dog restless at night?
This is a question very close to my heart at the moment. After several years of sleeping through the night, my dog Finn recently decided that he had to leave...
Columnists - Steve King
Canine Rehab
This is a subject very close to my heart and something we went through with our dog Finn recently. From the time he was able to exercise, after getting all his...
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