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...
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Columnists - Leela Aheer
MLA report August 31
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...
Columnists - Steve King
National Dog Day
Every year National Dog Day is celebrated on August 26th. This celebration was created in 2004 by Colleen Paige, a Pet & Family Lifestyle Expert and Animal...
Columnists - Leela Aheer
MLA report August 17
Hello Chestermere-Strathmore readers, I wish all of our Pakistani (August 14) and Indian Subcontinent(August 15) families and friends a very Happy 75th...
Columnists - Steve King
Dogs receive the Order of Merit
Every so often I come across a story which is both heartwarming and features unknown heroes. This month two dogs, Alfie the English Spaniel and AJ the...
Columnists - Nick Jeffrey
International Beer Day
Well, this summer has been a bust. Here we are staring down the barrel of the Labour Day weekend, back to school, and fall is just around the corner...
Columnists - Preston Pouteaux
Scaling Up a City vs. Growing a Community
Several years ago I visited the first Starbucks in Seattle, Washington. Although it just seemed like any other coffee shop, I’m sure for coffee aficionados...
Columnists - Martin Shields
Rodeos, Festivals, Election Rumours Swirling!
Over the past few weeks, I’ve attended several festivals and rodeos across the riding – and let me say: They have all been a huge success! Now that Alberta is...
Columnists - Preston Pouteaux
Isolation and the Great Idea
It sometimes takes a great sadness to change us; but not to coerce us, manipulate us, or guilt us into a new way of life. Instead, a great bump in the road of...


