Category - Columnists

Columnists - Preston Pouteaux

The Serious Business of Joy

Joy seems to be a rare commodity these days. In the good old days, of even a few weeks ago, we happily pursued our joy. We had upcoming trips, a night at the...

Columnists - Leela Aheer

MLA report April 16

Hello Chestermere-Strathmore! A very blessed Easter, Vaisakhi, and Passover to you this past and upcoming week. I know that it has been very difficult to be...

Columnists - Preston Pouteaux

The Long Wait

Our history has two threads that run through it; the threads of patience and impatience. Threads that mark our response to waiting. We all remember when...

Columnists - Steve King

Is your dog a lefty?

In the human world, 90% of people are right handed and 10% left handed. But what about dogs? A 2006 study from the University of Manchester in England showed...

Columnists - Nick Jeffrey

Easter Beer

Easter weekend has just passed us by, marking the end of the season of Lent.   The more devout readers in the audience may have spent the 40 days of Lent...

Columnists - Nick Jeffrey

International Whisk(e)y Day

This past March 27 was a day filled with both solemnity and mirth, as well as no small amount of whisky. For those not in the know, March 27 was the 12th...

Columnists - Baljinder Sull

Mindfulness for Mental Health

It has been a difficult few weeks in this world of physical distancing and isolation.  Routines have changed, and people are attempting to establish a new...

Columnists - Preston Pouteaux

A Thankful City

Gratitude is a kind of thread that holds communities together. Often unseen, uncelebrated, and unnoticed by most as we go about our day to day work, but...

Columnists - Steve King

Knowing your dog

We have a 13 month old granddaughter who is just starting down the road of saying her first words. Although to us it sounds mostly gobbeldy gook, to her mum...

Columnists - Leela Aheer

MLA report April 9

Hello everyone. As I write this we mark a sombre anniversary. Two years ago lives full of promise were tragically cut short and others were irrevocably altered...