Category - Columnists

Columnists - Martin Shields

COVID 19 update April 2.

The COVID-19 pandemic continues to unfold, and I wanted to provide a brief update on some recent events in Ottawa and in our riding. Before getting into all...

Columnists - Leela Aheer

MLA report April 2

Hello Chestermere and Strathmore readers. Think about where you were 2 or even 3 weeks ago.  You may have been planning a vacation, or a wedding, or...

Columnists - Preston Pouteaux

Loving Your Neighbours From Afar

Coming together by keeping at a distance – this seems to be our new reality. But how do we care for each other in these surreal and uncertain times? This...

Columnists - Steve King

Dogs and social distancing

The concept of “social distancing” is one that is counter-intuitive for humans. Whenever humans meet, there is a natural tendency to greet them at close range...

Columnists - Nick Jeffrey

Quaran-tinis

Dear diary, today is the 25th day of isolation at home, and the keg of homebrew I started on day 1 is almost ready to be tapped.  And to think they called...

Columnists - Nick Jeffrey

Hard Seltzer For Hard Times

While battening down the hatches to prepare for the possibility of an extended stay at home in isolation, I made a resupply run to my friendly neighbourhood...

Columnists - Leela Aheer

MLA report March 26

Hello Chestermere readers. In 1982 Anne Herbert wrote the statement “practice random kindness and senseless acts of beauty”.  These actions offer...

Columnists - Martin Shields

COVID-19

As you all know, our country is currently in an unprecedented situation. The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in massive disruptions to our usual way of life...

Columnists - Preston Pouteaux

The Non-Anxious Neighbourhood

What a strange time we live in. A virus, so small and so dangerous to so many, has brought the whole world to a stop. We are only beginning to realize how the...