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Columnists - Nick Jeffrey
Put On The Red Light
When we talk about dogs we are invariably talking about domesticated dogs. But what about wild dogs? Are they the same as our dogs at home, just with a...
Columnists - Leela Aheer
MLA report Aug 6
Hello Chestermere-Strathmore: First, it is with great sadness that I learned of the passing of Alfred Brander from Langdon. Alfred was a recognizable and...
Columnists - Preston Pouteaux
A Celtic Blessing in Darker Times
While Saint Patrick’s Day was a bit of a wash this year, landing as it did right in the thick of the early days of this pandemic, I found myself on a rabbit...
Columnists - Nick Jeffrey
Drawing a Blanc
The hot weather last week had me switching from red wines to chilled whites, kept in an ice bucket next to my patio chair so I could while away the weekend in...
Columnists - Steve King
Living with a service dog
When life unexpectedly deals you a bad hand, how do you cope? Councillor Mel Foat experienced this in 2013 when a routine cataract operation culminated in him...
Columnists - Nick Jeffrey
T-Bagging
Long time readers may recall me waxing poetic about the Reinheitsgebot, also known as the Bavarian Beer Purity Law of 1516, which decreed water, barley, and...
Columnists - Preston Pouteaux
What is a street for?
I must have been going a million miles an hour, and I probably hit the ramp with at least the force of a locomotive, because when I hit the ground and rolled...
Columnists - Leela Aheer
MLA report July 30
Hello Chestermere-Strathmore: I hope you were able to enjoy some sunshine this past weekend without the threat of huge hail stones raining down, or tornado...
Columnists - Nick Jeffrey
End Of A Dry Century
Faithful readers may recall that I have often waxed poetic about the various failed attempts throughout North America to ban the demon liquor. Our Yankee...
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