Category - Columnists

Columnists - Baljinder Sull

Sleep Hygiene for Mental Health

How is your sleep?  Do you struggle with falling or staying asleep?  Are you waking up groggy?  Do you commonly hit the snooze button a few times hoping the...

Columnists - Steve King

Dogs’ gurgling tummies

Who of us hasn’t woken up in the morning sometimes only to find our stomach’s rumbling. Unless you have an underlying medical issue, the normal cure is to eat...

Columnists - Leela Aheer

MLA report May 21

Hello Chestermere/Strathmore. I hope you had a wonderful long weekend.  I had a lovely time with many of you out on the pathways, especially at the dog park...

Columnists - Nick Jeffrey

Ready For Radler

The month of May has been pretty lousy so far.  I have been quarantined at home for ten weeks now, and the first half of May brought us cold and gloomy...

Columnists - Preston Pouteaux

Victory Gardens

In World War 1 and 2 Canadians planted Victory Gardens. These mostly urban gardens were part of a creative response to encourage local people to turn ordinary...

Columnists - Steve King

Hiking with your dog

Now that Mother Nature has decided we have had enough of winter, thoughts turn to getting out into nature. For a lot of you this may translate into hiking...

Columnists - Nick Jeffrey

Bock On The Dock

Just when I thought that 2020 could not get any worse, I see the news of the giant murder hornets causing mayhem and destruction.  Maybe I will just make...

Columnists - Preston Pouteaux

Caring for Something

When we care for something, we pay attention to it. When we don’t care for something, we can easily overlook it. If we care for something, it has the power to...

Columnists - Leela Aheer

MLA report May 14

Hello Chestermere-Strathmore. It was wonderful to see everyone out this past weekend for Mother’s Day.  We are so lucky that the weather hung in there for...


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