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Columnists - Preston Pouteaux
What is a street for?
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...
Columnists - Leela Aheer
MLA report July 23
Hello Chestermere-Strathmore: I want to start off this column by reminding everyone in our beautiful riding that as we return to some sort of normalcy with...
Columnists - Martin Shields
WE Charity scandal
You’ve likely heard by now about the Prime Minister’s latest ethics scandal – the WE charity debacle. In case you missed it, here are the facts we know...
Columnists - Steve King
Dogs’ sense of touch
Of all the senses a dog has, the one most similar to humans’ is the sense of touch. It is also only one of three senses that are present at birth: the other...
Columnists - Preston Pouteaux
Blue Zones
According to death-clock.org, I should live to be 79 years old and if all goes well I’ll live long enough to see 2061. It seems I’m half way there. Most people...
Columnists - Steve Jeffrey
Senses: dogs compared to humans
It is generally recognized that humans have 5 basic senses (sight, smell, hearing, touch and taste), as do dogs, but how do they compare? Sight: this is an...
Columnists - Preston Pouteaux
The Return of the Flâneur
Walking is a time waster these days. In a busy world with things to get done, walking is the inconvenient and slow option. Leisurely walking may be a...
Columnists - Martin Shields
Economic and Fiscal snapshot
Last week, Finance Minister Bill Morneau tabled the government’s Economic and Fiscal ‘Snapshot’. Morneau confirmed that the Liberals are running a deficit of...
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