If you’re like me, EVERY day is a day to celebrate dogs! But there are festivals around the world, and specific days of the year, where dogs are particularly...
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Columnists - Steve King
Celebrating dogs
Columnists - Preston Pouteaux
Neighbours, by the Numbers
How trustworthy do you think your neighbours might be? Could you rely on the people next door in a pinch? How often do you visit with your neighbours? A...
Columnists - Leela Aheer
MLA report August 13
Hello Chestermere-Strathmore: I would first like to take a moment to thank Chestermere Council – and specifically Councillor Ritesh Narayan – for their love...
Columnists - Nick Jeffrey
Put On The Red Light
Sting & The Police crooned eloquently in 1978 about falling in love with Roxanne, a lady working in the red light district of Paris. I confess that I...
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...
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