Hello Chestermere Readers! First of all, a big shout out to the over 300 of you who shelled out $10 each to sponsor a duck in Synergy’s “Bucks For...
Category - Columnists
Columnists - Leela Aheer
MLA report August 29
Columnists - Martin Shields
The Ethics Commissioner’s Trudeau Rerport
You’ve likely heard about the Ethics Commissioner’s recent report on the SNC Lavalin scandal. It confirmed beyond a doubt what we already knew –...
Columnists - Nick Jeffrey
Distilling Discoveries
The history of booze is murky at best, with different tipples discovered independently in different parts of the ancient world. Beer and mead are perhaps the...
Columnists - Leela Aheer
MLA report August 22
Hello Chestermere! I wanted to chat with you about a couple of upcoming events in our beautiful little city. First, I will be participating in the Synergy...
Columnists - Preston Pouteaux
Making Leaders
There are thousands of new leadership books making their way onto bookstore shelves every year. Whether they are praising or critiquing the leadership of...
Columnists - Steve King
Fear of dogs
There are unfortunately a number of people who have a fear of dogs or cynophobia to give it its official name. Being the dog lover that I am, I feel...
Columnists - Steve King
Dog barks
As with so much about dogs’ behaviour, the more you understand about what barking is and how it translates in the dog world, the less miscommunication will...
Columnists - Leela Aheer
MLA report August 15
Hello Chestermere! It has been a fun-filled week of rain, wind and pretty awful weather, but that is Alberta for you and we are amazingly resilient (resistant...
Columnists - Nick Jeffrey
Wine Time
The world of wine is mourning the loss of Harry McWatters, the larger-than-life godfather of BC wine, who passed away last month after more than 50 years in...
Columnists - Preston Pouteaux
The Need for Speed and Fun
Like most good ideas, it started as a dream on a whim: gather kids, build some cars together, and see how far they will go down a pathway in the park. I was...
