I love Halloween: the kids, the candy, the costumes. It is the one day of the year where it seems that everybody can get out, generously offer fist-fulls of...
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Columnists - Preston Pouteaux
Memento Mori this Halloween
Columnists - Leela Aheer
MLA update October 25
Hello Chestermere-Strathmore readers. This past week has been very emotional for many reasons. We felt so privileged to spend time with many of you...
There is an African proverb that teaches us “If you want to go fast, go alone. But if you want to go far, go together.” On October 18th we went to the...
Columnists - Nick Jeffrey
Sipping Sardinia
The first snowfall of the season over Thanksgiving weekend may have signaled the end of my socially distanced outdoor fourth wave boozing with friends, so I...
Columnists - Preston Pouteaux
What Are We Fighting For?
It is election season and we can see the temperature rising. Many comments sections in social media circles have been heated to exhaustion by those battling...
Columnists - Leela Aheer
MLA report October 19
Hello Chestermere-Strathmore readers I know that by the time you read this, our municipal election will be finished. I want to take this opportunity to say...
Columnists - Steve King
The impact of touch on a puppy
Common sense and numerous research projects over the years show us that the act of touching (or stroking) a dog is beneficial for our well being. This may...
The Hot Topic this Week is: Transparency & Accountability – Has it been delivered? During this election campaign one thing has become rather clear to me...
Columnists - Preston Pouteaux
Swords Into Plowshares
Often the vision we have of gardeners are round-brimmed hats on kindly retirees with a packet of seeds in one hand and a geranium in the other. This image...
Columnists - Steve King
Why am I being followed?
You’ve fallen over it. You’ve tripped over it. You’ve accidentally rammed your chair into it. We’ve all done it, it being your dog. So why do dogs want to be...
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