Category - Columnists

Columnists - Preston Pouteaux

The Science of Kindness

November 13th was World Kindness Day. Organizations and individuals spent this week exploring the influence kindness has on our lives, our faith, our...

Columnists - Nick Jeffrey

Stout Season

The first Thursday in November marked the 8th annual International Stout Day, a tribute to the darkest of the dark beers.  Apparently, the first Thursday of...

Columnists - Preston Pouteaux

Mr Rogers and the Movies

I grew up watching Mr Rogers’ Neighbourhood. I also grew up with Bugs Bunny slapstick comedy, WWF Wrestling, and The Flintstones family; but Mr Rogers settled...

Columnists - Steve King

Mistakes dog owners make (Part 2)

Picking up on the theme of last week, here are a few more thoughts on how we humans can improve how we manage and live with our dogs: Medical aid: would you...

Columnists - Nick Jeffrey

Millenial Megabrews

Never has a generation been so derided as the Millenials.  Not only are they the first generation in history to be worse off than their parents, they are...

Columnists - Nick Jeffrey

Z Is For Zweigelt

I made my annual pilgrimage to the Okanagan Valley of BC a few weeks ago, bringing home a few cases of wine to restock the dwindling reserves in my cellar...

Columnists - Leela Aheer

MLA report November 7

Hello Chestermere! To begin, congratulations to the Chestermere Rec Centre on hosting a very successful arts and craft sale. I was able to get so much of my...

Columnists - Preston Pouteaux

The Art of Making Time

Our home is a case study in messy schedules. We have a child now at school age and another  at not-yet-school age. My wife works night-shifts in the ER and I...

Columnists - Steve King

Dogs panting in cars

So your dog is excited to go for a ride in your car but after a short while starts panting and not looking as well as when you first left home. What is going...