Category - Columnists

Columnists - Nick Jeffrey

Oktoberfest Obliterated

This pandemic just keeps getting worse.  First it took away all the toilet paper.  Then we had to endure the train wreck that was Tiger King...

Columnists - Steve King

The English Mastiff

Following on from last week’s look at the most intelligent breed (Border Collie), this week we are going to have a look at the big guys. The largest recognized...

Columnists - Preston Pouteaux

Survival of the Kindest

Jesus said something that was so counter-cultural and so disruptive in a time when the most powerful often got their way. He said that we should love...

Columnists - Leela Aheer

MLA report Sept 17

Martin Luther King Jr. said: “The function of education is to teach me to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character — that...

Columnists - Steve King

The Border Collie

Over the next couple of weeks I’ll be taking a look at the breeds that stand out as being the most intelligent, biggest, smallest, etc. in their class. This...

Columnists - Preston Pouteaux

Neighbourhood Rocket Derby

I remember my first big step into the prairie space race. My dad and I spent the better part of a Saturday with glue and instructions putting together my first...

Columnists - Nick Jeffrey

Better Red Than Dead

This pandemic may be the death of me.  Not because of any worries of infection, as I have been safely ensconced at home since March, without venturing out...

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

Eating our Carrots 

My daughter loves to play ‘I spy’ a lot. And I do mean, a lot. It’s the kids game where one person spots and object in the room, and gives a clue about the...

Columnists - Leela Aheer

MLA report Sept 3

Hello Chestermere-Strathmore, I just cannot believe that summer is coming to an end.  It has been such a whirlwind, with having to figure out how to...